Expert questions economic tipping point for collapse of health system

By Lloyd Mudiwa. Whether there is an economic tipping point beyond which a health system dismantles is the “million-dollar question”, according to health research expert Dr Ruth Barrington. “One just always has in the back of one’s mind the comments that ‘the Euro crisis might worsen’, ‘that our countries might not be able to pull themselves out of this recession’,” she explained. “So I would be interested to know, is there any research that could guide us as to how one could protect a health system at a time of extraordinary economic collapse?” Dr Barrington, a former Chief Executive of…