THE INVERSE CARE LAW

作者：Julian Tudor Hart · 发表于：The Lancet · 年份：1971 · DOI：10.1016/s0140-6736(71)92410-x · 被引用次数：3300 · 研究领域：Dispute Resolution and Class Actions、European and International Contract Law、Insurance and Financial Risk Management

The availability of good medical care tends to vary inversely with the need for it in the population served. This inverse care law operates more completely where medical care is most exposed to market forces, and less so where such exposure is reduced. The market distribution of medical care is a primitive and historically outdated social form, and any return to it would further exaggerate the maldistribution of medical resources.