New Provider Models for Sweden and Spain: Public, Private or Non-profit?; Comment on “Governance, Government, and the Search for New Provider Models”

New Provider Models for Sweden and Spain: Public, Private or Non-profit?; Comment on “Governance, Government, and the Search for New Provider Models”

Sweden and Spain experiment with different provider models to reform healthcare provision. Both models have in common that they extend the role of the for-profit sector in healthcare. As the analysis of Saltman and Duran demonstrates, privatisation is an ambiguous and contested strategy that is used...

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Main Authors: Patrick P.T. Jeurissen, Hans Maarse
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Kerman University of Medical Sciences 2016-12-01
Series:International Journal of Health Policy and Management
Subjects:
Privatization
For-Profit Healthcare
Provider Reform
Not-for-Profit Providers
Online Access:http://www.ijhpm.com/article_3233_f03268389ec5796af85fb4109e5e572e.pdf
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spelling doaj-84919cecfc764d21a2a9b3050470e9eb2020-11-25T00:42:08ZengKerman University of Medical SciencesInternational Journal of Health Policy and Management2322-59392322-59392016-12-0151272172310.15171/ijhpm.2016.87New Provider Models for Sweden and Spain: Public, Private or Non-profit?; Comment on “Governance, Government, and the Search for New Provider Models”Patrick P.T. Jeurissen0Hans Maarse1Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Celsus Academy for Sustainable Healthcare, and Scientific Institute for Quality of Healthcare, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The NetherlandsMaastricht University, Maastricht, The NetherlandsSweden and Spain experiment with different provider models to reform healthcare provision. Both models have in common that they extend the role of the for-profit sector in healthcare. As the analysis of Saltman and Duran demonstrates, privatisation is an ambiguous and contested strategy that is used for quite different purposes. In our comment, we emphasize that their analysis leaves questions open on the consequences of privatisation for the performance of healthcare and the role of the public sector in healthcare provision. Furthermore, we briefly address the absence of the option of healthcare provision by not-for-profit providers in the privatisation strategy of Sweden and Spain. http://www.ijhpm.com/article_3233_f03268389ec5796af85fb4109e5e572e.pdfPrivatizationFor-Profit HealthcareProvider ReformNot-for-Profit Providers
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New Provider Models for Sweden and Spain: Public, Private or Non-profit?; Comment on “Governance, Government, and the Search for New Provider Models”
International Journal of Health Policy and Management
Privatization
For-Profit Healthcare
Provider Reform
Not-for-Profit Providers
author_facet Patrick P.T. Jeurissen
Hans Maarse
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title New Provider Models for Sweden and Spain: Public, Private or Non-profit?; Comment on “Governance, Government, and the Search for New Provider Models”
title_short New Provider Models for Sweden and Spain: Public, Private or Non-profit?; Comment on “Governance, Government, and the Search for New Provider Models”
title_full New Provider Models for Sweden and Spain: Public, Private or Non-profit?; Comment on “Governance, Government, and the Search for New Provider Models”
title_fullStr New Provider Models for Sweden and Spain: Public, Private or Non-profit?; Comment on “Governance, Government, and the Search for New Provider Models”
title_full_unstemmed New Provider Models for Sweden and Spain: Public, Private or Non-profit?; Comment on “Governance, Government, and the Search for New Provider Models”
title_sort new provider models for sweden and spain: public, private or non-profit?; comment on “governance, government, and the search for new provider models”
publisher Kerman University of Medical Sciences
series International Journal of Health Policy and Management
issn 2322-5939
2322-5939
publishDate 2016-12-01
description Sweden and Spain experiment with different provider models to reform healthcare provision. Both models have in common that they extend the role of the for-profit sector in healthcare. As the analysis of Saltman and Duran demonstrates, privatisation is an ambiguous and contested strategy that is used for quite different purposes. In our comment, we emphasize that their analysis leaves questions open on the consequences of privatisation for the performance of healthcare and the role of the public sector in healthcare provision. Furthermore, we briefly address the absence of the option of healthcare provision by not-for-profit providers in the privatisation strategy of Sweden and Spain.
topic Privatization
For-Profit Healthcare
Provider Reform
Not-for-Profit Providers
url http://www.ijhpm.com/article_3233_f03268389ec5796af85fb4109e5e572e.pdf
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