New food for a wrong thought (3)
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I liked much of our Hanoi colleagues' summary of their perspectives of
health financing and reform. But I did not find the answer to two ques-
tions which still puzzle me:
Why is it that a publicly funded and provided health service seems to
be inevitably inflexible, inefficient and not user-friendly?
Is the goal of equity in direct and inevitable conflict with the goal
of sustainability, and is that why equity is being drowned out in the
debate?
Comments welcome!
Jane Shaw
International Division, Nuffield Institute for Health
71-75 Clarendon Road, Leeds LS2 9PL, UK
Tel: +44-113-233-4857 (direct line)
Fax: +44-113-233-6997
mailto:J.E.Shaw@leeds.ac.uk
International Division Home Page:
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/nuffield/id/id.html
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