During the last quarter century, privatization has developed into a familiar feature of economic policy, which has also become an indispensable part of enhancing competition program. Accompanied by the crisis of health systems, which manifests that approximately 400 million people do not have access to necessary health services, privatization is proposed as a solution to the problems. The argument ‘for and against privatizing public health’ will be discussed in this essay by firstly analyzing the benefits of privatizing public health, including access to healthcare and patient choice. It will be followed by demonstrating its drawbacks in terms of the current situation of health systems, including challenges to equity or transparency and limiting
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Firstly, as a major element of healthcare quality, worldwide profits of privatizing healthcare have constantly been developing over the twenty years due to ameliorating accessibility, efficiency and patient contentment (citation). In addition, private healthcare can offer access to areas of healthcare where patients receive essential services and satisfy the needs of individual patients, so patients can easily develop a relationship based on mutual communication and trust with these providers (citation). Overall, having good access to healthcare enables patients to benefit fully from the Nation’s healthcare …show more content…
Above all, private patients have the right to choose their own doctors, and decide which private hospital their doctors attend (citation). Their rights and responsibilities as a private patient in private hospitals can be read by downloading the patients’ documents. Moreover, unlike public healthcare, private healthcare can offer private medical insurance for patients (citation). Whenever they need a medical procedure or operation covered by private health insurance plans, their health care policies provide patients with a budget of money to spend which is designed to cover the cost of patients’ medical treatment at most private hospitals. Therefore, people would like to choose private insurance coverage and private health
Firstly, as a major element of healthcare quality, worldwide profits of privatizing healthcare have constantly been developing over the twenty years due to ameliorating accessibility, efficiency and patient contentment (citation). In addition, private healthcare can offer access to areas of healthcare where patients receive essential services and satisfy the needs of individual patients, so patients can easily develop a relationship based on mutual communication and trust with these providers (citation). Overall, having good access to healthcare enables patients to benefit fully from the Nation’s healthcare …show more content…
Above all, private patients have the right to choose their own doctors, and decide which private hospital their doctors attend (citation). Their rights and responsibilities as a private patient in private hospitals can be read by downloading the patients’ documents. Moreover, unlike public healthcare, private healthcare can offer private medical insurance for patients (citation). Whenever they need a medical procedure or operation covered by private health insurance plans, their health care policies provide patients with a budget of money to spend which is designed to cover the cost of patients’ medical treatment at most private hospitals. Therefore, people would like to choose private insurance coverage and private health