• Qual Manag Health Care · Jan 1997

    Privatizing health services: alternative models and emerging issues for public health and quality management.

    • P K Halverson, A D Kaluzny, G P Mays, and T B Richards.
    • School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.
    • Qual Manag Health Care. 1997 Jan 1;5(2):1-18.

    AbstractConcerns about the cost, quality, and efficiency of services provided within public sector health care systems are leading policy makers and health care administrators to reinvent government and develop alternative methods for the delivery of services traditionally offered in the public sector. Privatization structures that incorporate strong quality management principles, both through formal accountability systems and through financial risk-sharing arrangements, appear to hold the greatest promise for achieving quality and efficiency goals.

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