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The IDS Bulletin Vol. 14 Nos. 4

Health and Development: the Moral Imperative a personal statement

Published on 1 October 1983

SUMMARY Public and private health care markets exhibit the same defects: the ‘third party’ (the state or the insurer) pays, and neither the consumer nor the producer has much incentive to economise in the use of scarce resources. Unless these defects are remedied by managerial innovations and essential basic research, the inefficiency and cost inflation will continue. RESUMEN Eficiencia en la atención de salud: un modelo de Mercado par alas economías desarrolladas Los mercados público y privado de atención de salud, denotan los mismos defectos. La ‘tercera parte’ (el estado o el asegurador) paga y tanto el consumidor como el productor, carecen de incentivos suficientes para economizaren el uso de recursos escasos. La ineficiencia y la inflación de costos continuarán, a menos que estos defectos sean subsanados mediante innovaciones administrativas e investigaciones básicas esenciales. RESUMES Efficacité de l’assistance médicale: un marché modèle pour le développement économique Les marchés publics et privés d’assistance médicale montrent les mêmes défauts. Le tiers parti (l’état ou l’assureur) paye, et ni le consommateur, ni le producteur n’ont beaucoup d’encouragement pour économiser l’utilisation des matières rares. A moins que ces défauts soient remédiés par des innovations directoriales et d’essentielles recherches de base, l’inefficacité et la hausse des coûts inflationniste continueront.

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Lambo, T. A. (1983) Health and Development: the Moral Imperative a personal statement. The IDS Bulletin 14(4): 52-54

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Lambo, T. Adeoye

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