Introduction
Several approaches exist toward the concept of a “good health care system.” This entry is based on the guidelines of the World Health Organization (WHO) which state that
A good health system delivers quality services to all people, when and where they need them. The exact configuration of services varies from country to country, but in all cases requires a robust financing mechanism; a well-trained and adequately paid workforce; reliable information on which to base decisions and policies; well maintained facilities and logistics to deliver quality medicines and technologies. (WHO 2018)
Basic Models
“Organized health care systems that benefited the greater population barely existed a century ago” (Hill 2010a). Since the nineteenth century, three main healthcare system models have emerged: the single-payer system, the shared-responsibility system, and, the third model, the mostly privatized system (Hill 2010a). These models diverge from each other based on two criteria:...
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Homlok, D.T. (2019). Health System. In: Romaniuk, S., Thapa, M., Marton, P. (eds) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Global Security Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74336-3_540-1
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