Book contents
- The Political Economy of Health and Healthcare
- The Political Economy of Health and Healthcare
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Part I Political Incentives in Healthcare Systems
- Part II The Political Contexts of Healthcare Policies
- Part III Political Institutions and Health
- 4 Constitutional Health System Design
- 5 Democracy and the Patient Citizen
- 6 Theory of Political Markets in Healthcare
- 7 Ideology and Healthcare
- Part IV Political Allocation in Healthcare
- Bibliography
- Index
6 - Theory of Political Markets in Healthcare
from Part III - Political Institutions and Health
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 May 2020
- The Political Economy of Health and Healthcare
- The Political Economy of Health and Healthcare
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Part I Political Incentives in Healthcare Systems
- Part II The Political Contexts of Healthcare Policies
- Part III Political Institutions and Health
- 4 Constitutional Health System Design
- 5 Democracy and the Patient Citizen
- 6 Theory of Political Markets in Healthcare
- 7 Ideology and Healthcare
- Part IV Political Allocation in Healthcare
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
As we document in Chapter 1, as nations develop economically, healthcare becomes a major focus of government responsibility.1 More specifically, in 2018, 60 per cent of Americans agreed on increasing federal healthcare government responsibility.2 Across OECD countries, health expenditure is the most dynamic component of public expenditure. This expansion in government spending coincides with the democratisation of health systems, or the increasing collective decision-making in which patient citizens (PCs) indirectly (by electing the right representatives) make choices among competing projects. Such choice of PCs on the demand side is complemented with competition between Special Interest Groups (SIGs) in delimiting policies. In contrast, the supply side refers to the administrative procedures, ideological affiliation and other feature that define the selection of candidates and their policies.
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- The Political Economy of Health and HealthcareThe Rise of the Patient Citizen, pp. 108 - 125Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020