Table 1.

Typology of health care actors

Role	Private commercial actor	Private societal or noncommercial	Public
Financing	For-profit insurance companies Philanthropic corporations	Nonprofit sickness funds Philanthropic foundations	Governments
Provision	For-profit hospitals, clinics, nurseries, pharmacies Individual businesses Nonprofit providers operating under a market logic	Nongovernmental health care providers Faith-based health care providers	Public hospitals and clinics Public pharmacies Public prevention departments Public health departments
Supplying	Pharmaceutical companies Manufacturing companies Suppliers of medical equipment	Networks facilitating pharmaceutical research and development through open science, donations, knowledge sharing Nongovernmental organizations	Public pharmaceutical enterprises Public research institutes, including universities Public manufacturers