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What Macroeconomists Should Know about Health Care Policy
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Abstract

This primer explains why macroeconomists need to be concerned with issues of health policy and elaborates the essential information that a macroeconomist should know in providing inputs to discussions on health sector policy. The primer illustrates how these issues and the range of appropriate policy options may differ depending on the state of development of an economy and the particular approach taken by a country in structuring its health system. The primer also highlights the appropriate roles for the state and market in health care financing and provision, taking account of the various sources of market failure in the health sector.

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Author:
Mr. Peter S. Heller
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Mr. William C. Hsiao https://isni.org/isni/0000000404811396 International Monetary Fund

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Series:
IMF Special Issues
Publisher:
International Monetary Fund
Language:
English
Publication Date:
27 Apr 2007
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781589066182.058
ISBN:
9781589066182
Pages:
110
Keywords:
ISI; SI; health expenditure inflation; health sector; macroeconomist; health system; expenditure; health status; IMF economist; Health care; Health care spending; Tax allowances; Social assistance spending; Global; Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa
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This publication should not be reported as representing the views or policies of the International Monetary Fund. The views expressed in this work are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the IMF, its Executive Board, or its management.
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