Health Sector Reform and Sustainable Financing (4)
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I totally agree with Merrick about the importance of soft aspects of
HS reform. I think the term HS reform was dominated now by economists
from the international bank. Their concepts are based on the concept
that "Money Talk". Although this concept is not totally wrong, it's not
adequate. They suggest several financial management mechanisms to
improve the equity, efficiency and quality of health care services.
Those suggestions do not contain any socio-psychological dimension of
health care. I definitely agree that we need an additional paradigm
for HS reform.
May be we collectively can start some social movement to take balance
of the economists' idea.
Suwit
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Dr.Suwit Wibulpolprasert,
5th Floor, First building,
Office of Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Public Health
Tiwanond Road, Nonthaburi 11000, Thailand
Tel: +662-590-1122
Fax: +662-591-8513
mailto:suwit@health.moph.go.th
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