Make or buy" decisions in the production of health care goods and services: new insights from institutional economics and organizational theory

A central theme of recent health care reforms has been a redefinition of the roles of the state and private providers. With a view to helping governments to arrive at more rational "make or buy" decisions on health care goods and services, we propose a conceptual framework in which a combi...

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Main Authors: Alexander S Preker, April Harding, Phyllida Travis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2000-06-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862000000600010&lng=en&tlng=en