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Public Library of Science, PLoS Medicine, 11(5), p. e233, 2008

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050233

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Is Private Health Care the Answer to the Health Problems of the World's Poor?

Journal article published in 2008 by Kara Hanson, Lucy Gilson, Catherine Goodman, Anne Mills ORCID, Richard Smith, Richard Feachem, Ns Feachem, Tp Koehlmoos, Heather Kinlaw
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Abstract

Background to the debate: The global burden of disease falls disproportionately upon the world's low-income countries, which are often struggling with weak health systems. Both the public and private sector deliver health care in these countries, but the appropriate role for each of these sectors in health system strengthening remains controversial. This debate examines whether the private sector should step up its involvement in the health systems of low-income countries.