The resources would be the same, but give the money to the producer in order to lower cost, instead of giving the money to patients for them to maximize satisfaction, could produce a huge difference in public health care performance.
Dear giving the money to the producer will reduce the cost of the management of the patients drastically but it is good to maintain balance by giving to the producer and patients in maintaining good health status and lowering the cost of the offer or the demand.
The pacients should have more influence. The offer should create apropiatte methodologies for accountability. Adecuated tools should create to link patient overview to management of the offer
Neither the patient nor the care provider should get money. Only those care provider should get incentives who provide safe care. Those patients who cannot afford access to care should get some form of insurance coverage.
Subsidizing suppliers can not do anything. The point is not to overdo the competition processes. In market conditions, competition consists in effective reduction of costs and thus prices of products and services. The ultimate decision-maker is the consumer (patient). If a product is of little use in his eyes, the producer suffers loss and falls out of the market. it is replaced by a more efficient provider. Profit and loss account is a useful tool for optimal allocation of rare resources - including health (medical) resources. Subsidizing leads to less consumer autonomy, favoring some suppliers at the expense of others, corruption or loss of quality. In addition, patients may demand lower prices. It's a vicious circle. It is better to reduce taxes or introduce tax breaks for both consumers and producers, reduce or eliminate public institutions artificially hampering innovation in healthcare.
Really no straightforward answer. A balance between both options is the best way to go
Financing the health care system is one difficult option. Health care is costly sector. the achievement of universal coverage with reasonably acceptable quality of care is very desirable. The problem is how to achieve such situation. I can not imagine giving money to consumers of health care. Rather the money and resources are given to providers. The balance between how much these providers are given and what care is expected is a complicated issue. It requires high definition of each component of care, high degree of social accountability and a strong transparent mechanism of monitoring
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