The future of health markets
This collection focuses on the role of private for-profit providers, regulation and learning
Abstract
This editorial introduces a new open collection in Globalization and Health on the topic of the future of health markets.The researchers surveyed a number of global stakeholders, including representatives of international organizations and foundations, private sector firms, non-governmental organizations and academics to better understand what they perceived to be the critical frontiers for health markets in the future: where were the pressure points in health markets that could trigger positive change across the market?
The papers included in this collection reflectt 3 main themes which emerged from this survey: the role of private for-profit providers; regulation; learning.
This research is supported by the Department for International Development’s Future Health Systems programme which is led by Johns Hopkins University
Citation
Sara Bennett, Gerald Bloom, Jeffrey Knezovich and David H Peters. The future of health markets. Global Health. 2014; 10: 51. doi: 10.1186/1744-8603-10-51