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Health care funding and delivery in Hong Kong:
what should be done?
LS Ho
Centre for Public Policy Studies, Lingnan University, Tuen Mun,
Hong Kong
This paper outlines a taxonomy of alternative health
care funding avenues and the implications of these alternatives.
The current approach to health care funding in Sweden is highlighted
and a similar proposal outlined to meet the Hong Kong situation.
The benefits of the proposed combination of tax-funded and capped
voluntary payments, supplemented by 'moral hazard neutral' fees
are presented, in terms of expenditure containment, universal access
to health care, and optimal resource allocation.
Hong Kong Med J 2001;7:155-61
Key words: Community health services/economies;
Delivery of health care; Efficiency; Insurance, health
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