This paper discusses some of the trends, debates and policy proposals in relation to the financing of the private health sector in South Africa. The public and private sectors in South Africa are of equivalent size in terms of overall expenditure, but cover substantially different population sizes.
Managing risk selection incentives in health sector reforms
โ Scribed by Jaume Puig-Junoy
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 170 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0749-6753
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