Commercialization of Health Care: Global and Local Dynamics and Policy Responses (Social Policy in a Development Context)

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Figures and Tables......Page 9
Foreword......Page 13
Preface and Acknowledgements......Page 15
Notes on Contributors......Page 17
Part I Commercialization: Nature, Causes and Effects......Page 24
1 Health Systems and Commercialization: In Search of Good Sense......Page 26
2 Strategies of Multinational Health Care Companies in Europe and Asia......Page 45
3 Multinational Corporations and Health Care in the United States and Latin America: Strategies, Actions and Effects......Page 61
4 The Transnationalization of the Health Care System in Argentina......Page 74
5 The Dynamics of Commercial Health Care in the Lebanon......Page 89
6 The Interactions between Social and Commercial Health Insurance after China’s Entry into the World Trade Organization......Page 107
7 Commercialization and the Public Sector in India: Implications for Values and Aspirations......Page 124
8 On Shadow Commercialization of Health Care in Russia......Page 140
9 Commercialization of Health Care in Mali: Community Health Centres, Fees for Service and the Rise of Private Providers......Page 159
Part II Policy Issues and Responses......Page 176
10 Indian Pharmaceutical Companies and Accessibility of Drugs under TRIPS......Page 178
11 International Collaboration on Medical Device Regulation: Issues, Problems and Stakeholders......Page 193
12 Restructuring Global Health Policy-Making: the Role of Global Public–Private Partnerships......Page 210
13 International Migration of Health Care Staff: Extent and Policy Responses, with Illustrations from Ghana......Page 224
14 Eliminating Economic Barriers in Health Care: the Mexico City Government’s Experience......Page 239
15 The Political Economy of National Health Insurance in Korea......Page 257
16 The Search for Cross Subsidy in Segmented Health Systems: Can Private Wards in Public Hospitals Secure Equity Gains?......Page 274
17 Public Expenditure Allocation and Incidence under Health Care Market Liberalization: a Tanzanian Case Study......Page 290
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