Title: Health policy - Wikipedia
Headings: Health policy
Health policy
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Background
Personal healthcare policy options
Philosophy: right to health
Economics: healthcare financing
Claims that publicly funded healthcare improves the quality and efficiency of personal health care delivery:
Claims that privately funded healthcare leads to greater quality and efficiencies in personal health care:
Other health policy options
Medical research policy
Health workforce policy
Health in foreign policy
Global health policy
See also
References
External links

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This article is about policies, plans and strategies across the healthcare sector. For health insurance policies, see Health insurance. For the academic journal, see Health Policy (journal). This " see also " section may contain an excessive number of suggestions. Please ensure that only the most relevant links are given, that they are not red links, and that any links are not already in this article. ( January 2021) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)
Policy area, which deals with the planning, organization, management and financing of the health system
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Health policy can be defined as the "decisions, plans, and actions that are undertaken to achieve specific healthcare goals within a society". According to the World Health Organization, an explicit health policy can achieve several things: it defines a vision for the future; it outlines priorities and the expected roles of different groups;