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Lecture: Role of Government Chapter 19 Outline
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| Lec6 RoleGovernment Outline Recap Types of Government Intervention - Inform: or persuade consumers/providers/suppliers to act in a certain way.
- Publicize health risks (smoking)
- Disseminate information on disease patterns (swine flu), or risks of medical procedures.
Types of Government Intervention - Regulation: determines how a private activity may be undertaken.
- At extreme gov’t can prohibit goods or activities.
- Setting standards for doctors and drug trails
- Regulate insurers to provide certain interventions.
- Includes mandates: obliges someone to do something, and (usually, though not always) pay for it.
Types of Government Intervention - Regulation and mandates appeals to legislators
- b/c tackles problems without incurring government spending.
- Affects spending of those that are regulated e.g. two day hospital days after delivery.
- Finance: health care with public funds.
- Delivery can still be public.
Types of Government Intervention - Provide: or deliver health services using publicly-owned facilities and civil service staff.
- Usually publicly financed and provided
- More typical of developing countries
- Developed countries usually provide a lot of autonomy if publicly provided (crown corporations).
- Taxes/subsides on goods e.g. cigarettes
- With diabetes increasing so quickly should certain foods be taxed more?
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