Title Commercialization of health care : global and local dynamics and policy responses / edited by Maureen Mackintosh and Meri Koivusalo

Published Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 322 pages) : illustrations Series Social policy in a development context Social policy in a development context. Contents PART 1: COMMERCIALIZATION: NATURE, CAUSES AND EFFECTS -- HEALTH SYSTEMS AND COMMERCIALIZATION -- Health Systems and Commercialization: In Search of Good Sense / M. Mackintosh & M. Koivusalo -- GLOBALIZATION IN HEALTH CARE: STRATEGIES OF MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS -- Strategies of Multinational Health Care Companies in Europe and Asia / J. Lethbridge -- Multinational Companies and Health Care in the United States and Latin America: Strategies, Actions and Effects / R. Jasso-Aguilar, H. Waitzkin & A. Landwehr -- TRANSNATIONALIZATION AND COMMERCIALIZATION IN MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES HEALTH CARE -- The Transnationalization of the Health Care System in Argentina / C. Iriart -- The Dynamics of Commercial Health Care in the Lebanon / K. Sen & A. Mehio-Sibai -- The Interactions between Social and Commercial Health Insurance after China's Entry into the World Trade Organization / Q. Sun -- COMMERCIALIZATION AND THE PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY HEALTH SECTOR -- Commercialization in the Public Sector in India: Implications for Values and Aspirations / R.V. Baru -- On Shadow Commercialization of Health Care in Russia / I. Blam & S. Kovalev -- Commercialization of Health Care in Mali: Community Health Centres, Fees for Service and the Rise of Private Providers / M.K. Konať & B. Kanť -- PART 2: POLICY ISSUES AND RESPONSES -- GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL REGULATION AND ITS HEALTH IMPLICATIONS -- Global Pharmaceutical Companies and Accessibility of Drugs under TRIPS / S. Chaudhuri -- International Collaboration on Medical Device Regulation: Issues, Problems and Stakeholders / C. Altenstetter -- COMMERCIALIZATION AND GLOBAL POLICIES -- Restructuring Global Health Policy Making: The Role of Global Public-Private Partnerships / E. Ollila -- International Migration of Health Care Staff: Extent and Policy Responses, with Illustrations from Ghana / K. Mensah -- UNIVERSALIzING HEALTH CARE ACCESS UNDER COMMERCIALIZATION -- Eliminating Economic Barriers in Health Care: The Mexico City Government Experience / A.C. Laurell, E. Zepeda & L. Mussot -- The Political Economy of National Health Insurance in Korea / H-J. Kwon & B. Tchoe -- PUBLIC/PRIVATE INTERACTIONS AND HEALTH EQUITY OBJECTIVES -- The Search for Cross Subsidy in Segmented Health Systems: Can Private Wards in Public Hospitals Secure Equity Gains? / H. Wadee & L. Gilson -- Public Expenditure Allocation and Incidence under Health Care Market Liberalisation: A Tanzanian Case Study / T.M. Kida & M. Mackintosh Summary Health care is increasingly a market sector, but the process of commercialization is widely contested. Rising international trade in health services, migration of health care personnel, local health care market liberalization and privatization, cash payment within the public sector, increasing involvement of multinational companies: all these aspects have been promoted by a dominant framework of thought in international health policy that favours commercialization wherever possible. Health care commercialization poses enormous challenges for health planners and activists who aim to ensure decent health care for all. This book is the first to bring together economists and health policy and public health experts from across the world to address the issue of integrating these different aspects of health care commercialization. Based on original research, the book analyzes the causes and consequences of global and local commercialization in health care, and argues for the necessity and possibility of effective policy responses to develop good quality, inclusive health systems worldwide. The book aims to contribute to a shift in the international 'common sense' in health policy towards a more humane, inclusive, egalitarian and ethical framework for policy formulation Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-304) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Medical care -- Marketing Medical economics -- Developing countries Globalization -- Health aspects Medical policy. World health. Medical economics. Economics, Medical Health Care Sector Developing Countries Health Policy Internationality Global Health MEDICAL -- Administration. MEDICAL -- Practice Management & Reimbursement. Globalization -- Health aspects Medical care -- Marketing Medical economics Medical policy World health Gezondheidszorg. Vercommercialisering. Internationalisatie. Developing countries Genre/Form dissertations. Academic theses Academic theses. Thèses et écrits académiques. Form Electronic book Author Mackintosh, Maureen Koivusalo, Meri, 1964- LC no. 2005043134 ISBN 9780230523616 0230523617 9781403943491 1403943494 6610565929 9786610565924 9780230288904 0230288901

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