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Why the economic aspects of healthcare are not unique
Other Title(s)
سبب عدم تميز الجوانب الاقتصادية للرعاية الصحية
Author
Source
Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal
Issue
Vol. 20, Issue 2 (31 May. 2020), pp.165-172, 8 p.
Publisher
Sultan Qaboos University College of Medicine and Health Sciences
Publication Date
2020-05-31
Country of Publication
Oman
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Frequent claims suggest that healthcare and its production are not only different from other goods, but that they differ to such an extent that healthcare should be viewed as unique.
Various features of healthcare, such as the lack of a perfect market and the existence of information asymmetry, are cited as evidence of this claim.
However, such a view results from unduly emphasising the characteristics of healthcare as being atypical.
This article redresses this imbalance by taking an alternative approach and examines the ways in which the economic aspects of healthcare are similar to those of other goods.
It was found that the differential aspects are less distinctive than claimed and the economic aspects of healthcare are not unique.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Chambers, Stephen. 2020. Why the economic aspects of healthcare are not unique. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal،Vol. 20, no. 2, pp.165-172.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1346098
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Chambers, Stephen. Why the economic aspects of healthcare are not unique. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal Vol. 20, no. 2 (May. 2020), pp.165-172.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1346098
American Medical Association (AMA)
Chambers, Stephen. Why the economic aspects of healthcare are not unique. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal. 2020. Vol. 20, no. 2, pp.165-172.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1346098
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 171-172
Record ID
BIM-1346098