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The engine or the caboose: health policy in developing countries
R L Goldsteen1, J C Pereira, K Goldsteen
1Health Services Research Laboratory, Department of Health and Safety Studies, Champaign, IL 61820.
Revista De Saude Publica
|December 1, 1990
Abstract:
A discussion of health policy in developing countries is presented. It argues that developing countries must adopt a progressive approach to health policy which rejects the two-tiered system of public and private health care. However, it also points out that ideology is not sufficient to maintain support. A progressive health system must utilize administrative and social and behavioral sciences to achieve effectiveness and efficiency in health care delivery. It cannot ignore these goals any more than a private health care system can.