Book contents
- The Political Economy of Health and Healthcare
- The Political Economy of Health and Healthcare
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Part I Political Incentives in Healthcare Systems
- Part II The Political Contexts of Healthcare Policies
- Part III Political Institutions and Health
- Part IV Political Allocation in Healthcare
- 8 Healthcare Waste and Corruption
- 9 Interest Groups and Health Policy
- 10 Political Sustainability of Health Innovation
- Bibliography
- Index
9 - Interest Groups and Health Policy
from Part IV - Political Allocation in Healthcare
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 May 2020
- The Political Economy of Health and Healthcare
- The Political Economy of Health and Healthcare
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Part I Political Incentives in Healthcare Systems
- Part II The Political Contexts of Healthcare Policies
- Part III Political Institutions and Health
- Part IV Political Allocation in Healthcare
- 8 Healthcare Waste and Corruption
- 9 Interest Groups and Health Policy
- 10 Political Sustainability of Health Innovation
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
In any health system there are stakeholders than have ‘vested or special interests’. That is, that pursue a private gain (e.g. profit) as its main goal. When special interests run the health system, it runs the risk of departing from attaining its collective mission of improving the health and welfare of its population. This has led to a strand of the literature that examines the mechanisms that such interest groups use to attain their goals. This includes the design of the underpinning institutions in place in each health system.
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- The Political Economy of Health and HealthcareThe Rise of the Patient Citizen, pp. 161 - 175Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020