In broad terms, any health care financing system has three goals: protect consumers against the financial risk of health expenditures; promote efficient levels and types of health care services; and to be fair to consumers and providers (CITE). The cost control strategy that embodies the three goals of health care finance is supply limitation. Supply constraints restrict the number of resources available to health care providers which in turn reduces cost and improves efficiency. As a scarcity exists it compels providers to allocate supplies and services more appropriately than they would otherwise. As a result, the patients who are truly in need are the ones that receive the treatment; efficiently allocating resources.
Consequently, the rationing
Consequently, the rationing