“…The current system has imposed heavy costs on the government and has proved difficult for the government to manage. Considering the inflationary nature of health-care service costs, the continuous rise of demand for health-care services (Lim, 2004), and the less efficient nature of the public sector compared to the private sector (Preker et al , 2000; Robinson et al , 2008; Sarkhanloo et al , 2017; Suri, 2011; Vera and Crossan, 2004), the current system does not seem to be able to perform any better in the future.…”