THE UNITED NATIONS AND GLOBAL HEALTH: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
Abstract
Reforming the health care system has risen to the top of many policy agendas. The push for changing health care systems is a result of factors such as rising health care expenditures, an ageing population, and rising demand of pricey medical supplies and services. However, the discussion of health care reforms usually ignores the human rights perspective. The majority of recommendations for modifying health care systems centre on economic changes that take a market-oriented and cost-benefit approach to addressing the issues that health care systems are now experiencing
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