Title: Health policy - Wikipedia
Headings: Health policy
Health policy
Contents
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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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; and it builds consensus and informs people. There are many categories of health policies, including global health policy, public health policy, mental health policy, health care services policy, insurance policy, personal healthcare policy, pharmaceutical policy, and policies related to public health such as vaccination policy, tobacco control policy or breastfeeding promotion policy. They may cover topics of financing and delivery of healthcare, access to care, quality of care, and health equity. Contents
1 Background
2 Personal healthcare policy options
2.1 Philosophy: right to health
2.2 Economics: