Is private health care the answer to the health problems of the world's poor?
expert_opinion · Level V
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 19067483.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050233 and PMC identifier 2586358.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
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Abstract
The global burden of disease falls disproportionately upon the world's low-income countries, which are often struggling with weak health systems. Both the public and private sector deliver health care in these countries, but the appropriate role for each of these sectors in health system strengthening remains controversial. This debate examines whether the private sector should step up its involvement in the health systems of low-income countries.
Medical subject headings
- Developing Countries
- Health Services
- Health Services Accessibility
- Poverty
- Private Sector