Review of National Experience in Promoting and Supporting the Contribution of Cooperatives to Social Development: Co-operative Enterprise in the Health and Social Care Sectors- A Global Review and Proposals for Policy Coordination

Abstract

"Health needs, especially of the most vulnerable, can be met most effectively when integrated with social welfare activities involving not only medical and para-medical practitioners, but also community workers and health workers suitably trained in prevention and promotion techniques. ... Health costs may be contained by placing less emphasis on institutional treatment and more emphasis on ambulatory health care and by using simple medical techniques in a community context, suitably co-ordinated with other welfare activities."