Who should pay for global health, and how much?

PLoS Med. 2013;10(2):e1001392. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001392. Epub 2013 Feb 19.

Abstract

Roman Carrasco and colleagues propose a "cap and trade" system for global health involving a cost-effectiveness criterion and a DALY global credit market, mirroring global carbon emission permits trading markets to mitigate climate change.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Climate Change
  • Commerce / economics
  • Cooperative Behavior*
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis
  • Developed Countries / economics*
  • Developing Countries / economics*
  • Global Health / economics*
  • Global Health / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Health Care Costs* / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Health Policy
  • Humans
  • International Cooperation* / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Investments
  • Models, Economic
  • Policy Making
  • Public Health / economics*
  • Public Health / legislation & jurisprudence

Grants and funding

L.R.C. and A.R.C. acknowledge support by the National University of Singapore and the research grant NMRC/H1N1R/005/2009. L.R.C. acknowledges support from the NUS FRC grant R-154-000-527-133. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.