| dc.description.abstract | Abstract:-
This study contributes the understanding and comparison of health care systems in developed
and developing countries. For that purpose I decided to compare two politically and
economically different countries like Norway and Pakistan. In addition, I attempt to
contribute to the growing debate of health care system management and health institutions
role in global world.
The organisation of financing in a health care system has implications for the funding levels,
rationing mechanisms, health service provision and expenditure. These criteria are the basis
of comparison in this thesis.
• Funding - In a public system, health care is funded from the general pool of all
revenue collected through general taxation.
• Rationing Mechanisms – Public health systems ration their resources through setting
the pattern of supply, gate keeping, waiting lists and queues. .
• Expenditure – Public systems commonly suffer from under-investment perhaps due to
the funding dependent on the budget set by the government based on their assessment
of the health care sector requirements.
• Health Service Provision – In a public system, users cannot choose their GPs but are
instead allocated one upon registration at a surgery. In addition users have to be
referred by their GPs in order to see a specialist.
The data for analysis was obtained from secondary sources of information. The main focus of
collecting data was internet search, reference books and health journals. | en |
