This is the ‘money follows the patient’ model of hospital funding that is driven by universal health insurance. Reform in the management of hospitals, establishment of the new public insurer for acute hospital care, and development of systems of regulation and financing will take time, which is why introducing this system will take six years. However, a phased introduction of universal hospital insurance will start from year one with an expansion of the role of the NTPF to purchase certain diagnostic tests for people who do not have insurance.
positive towards equality or social justice, e.g. protection of underprivileged groups or fair distribution of resources