关键词:
FINANCE
WORLD health
HEALTH planning
MEDICAL policy
摘要:
The 'Report on Macroeconomics and Health: Investing in Health for Economic Development' culminates a series of World Health Organization (WHO) projects on economic issues in health policy, health services, and public health. A focus on economic development and productivity partly indicates increased funding of WHO activities by the World Bank. In asserting that disease is a major determinant of poverty, the authors of the report argue that investments to improve health form a key strategy towards economic development. According to the report, governmental reform must accompany new financial contributions. A proposal of guaranteed public funding for private providers, including for-profit providers, makes explicit a public subsidization of the private sector.