期刊名称：South-Eastern Europe Journal of Economics (SEEJE)
印刷版ISSN：1109-8597
电子版ISSN：1792-3115
出版年度：2013
卷号：11
期号：1
出版社：Association of Economic Universities of South and Eastern Europe and the Black Sea Region
摘要：This paper is based on the classification of healthcare services and public health actions in light of some fundamental principles of public economics. Specifically, public health actions can be regarded as a public good while healthcare services seem to be a private good. This difference should have a direct impact on their optimum provision by the state, and therefore this classification has to affect the rationale of a resource allocation which is based on economic theory. However, the data do not confirm a situation in which a public good (public health) is largely financed by the state. On the contrary, healthcare services, which have the properties and the characteristics of a private good, are funded by the state with a high percentage of health expenditure. Thus, this paper describes the paradox observed in the health sector, which highlights a mismatch between economic theory and the policies for optimum resource allocation in this sector.
关键词：Public Health; Public Goods; Private Goods; Resource Allocation
