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The rise of pragmatism in state/market debate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2009

RICHARD B. SALTMAN
RICHARD B. SALTMAN*
Affiliation:
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, GA, USA
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*Correspondence to: Dr Richard Saltman, Department of Health Policy and Management, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. Email: [email protected]
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Abstract:

Discussion about the relative role of public and private in health care has evolved substantially across Europe since the 1980s. The previous, broadly ideological debate about state ‘versus’ market has been superceded by pragmatic considerations on how best to combine state ‘and’ market to achieve specific health sector outcomes. The London School of Economics debate about expanded patient choice demonstrated the extent to which pragmatism has gained the upper hand.

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Health Economics, Policy and Law , Volume 4 , Issue 4 , October 2009 , pp. 509 - 511
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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