Do you understand how your health system works?

Published Date: 05th November 2015

Publication Authors: Irving G

Extract
As family doctors we should be thinking about how our healthcare system works and how we can shape it. We share responsibility for the distribution of limited resources not only as healthcare professionals, but also as patients and taxpaying citizens. But how much do we know about how the system works, and in particular how it is financed?

Wievinga, S; Pettigrew, L; Kumpunen, S; Irving, G. (2015). Do you understand how your health system works? from Beveridge to Bismark a Whistle -stop Tour of European Health Systems. In: Ungan, M; Steylaerts, C The World Book of Family Medicine - European Edition. Istanbul: Stichting WONCA Europe. 94-96

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