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single-payer systems  

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  • The term single-payer system refers to any healthcare scheme in which a sole source of funding provides payments to physicians, hospitals, laboratories, and other providers for services rendered to patients. While healthcare reform advocates often propose single-payer systems as a means to achieve universal healthcare, the terms should not be considered synonymous. [Source: Encyclopedia of Health Services Research; Single-Payer System]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/single-payer_systems

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