The Fund supports networks of state health policy decision makers to help identify, inspire, and inform policy leaders.
The Milbank Memorial Fund supports two state leadership programs for legislative and executive branch state government officials committed to improving population health.
The Fund identifies and shares policy ideas and analysis to advance state health leadership, strong primary care, and sustainable health care costs.
Keep up with news and updates from the Milbank Memorial Fund. And read the latest blogs from our thought leaders, including Fund President Christopher F. Koller.
The Fund publishes The Milbank Quarterly, as well as reports, issues briefs, and case studies on topics important to health policy leaders.
The Milbank Memorial Fund is is a foundation that works to improve population health and health equity.
June 1980 (Volume 58)
Quarterly Article
John B. McKinlay
December 2024
Dec 19, 2024
Back to The Milbank Quarterly
Planning for health services in New Zealand, and the implications of increasing use of high technology, fail to take account of the mounting crisis in the country’s economy. Social policy that ignores structural problems in the economy or the system of medical care is unrealistic. A strategy is advanced to determine what resources are likely to be available, and how they can be allocated to ensure value for money. The situation is not unique to New Zealand.
Author(s): John B. McKinlay
Download the Article
Read on JSTOR
Volume 58, Issue 2 (pages 217–267) Published in 1980
