Moving equilibria in the public health care sector: A low-quality trap and a resolution
Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, vol.2006, 2006 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 2006
- Publication Date: 2006
- Doi Number: 10.1155/ddns/2006/91818
- Journal Name: Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- İstanbul Ticaret University Affiliated: No
Abstract
This paper demonstrates the existence, in a particular subset of the Turkish public health care sector, of equilibria moving towards a low-quality trap over time. The dynamics of the movement in question hinges, in part, on the socially necessary but demographically asymmetric burden, on some public health care institutions, of providing affordable health care to certain sections of the population. The paper formulates a policy option that could help the sector to escape the trap, moving the sector towards high quality-high welfare equilibria.