Commercialization of Health Care

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxi

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2. Commercialization: Nature, Causes and Effects

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Health Systems and Commercialization

      1. Health Systems and Commercialization: In Search of Good Sense

         • Maureen Mackintosh, Meri Koivusalo

         Pages 3-21

   3. Globalization in Health Care: Strategies of Multinational Companies

      1. Strategies of Multinational Health Care Companies in Europe and Asia

         • Jane Lethbridge

         Pages 22-37

      2. Multinational Corporations and Health Care in the United States and Latin America: Strategies, Actions and Effects

         • Rebeca Jasso-Aguilar, Howard Waitzkin, Angela Landwehr

         Pages 38-50

   4. Transnationalization and Commercialization in Middle Income Countries’ Health Care

      1. The Transnationalization of the Health Care System in Argentina

         • Celia Iriart

         Pages 51-65

      2. The Dynamics of Commercial Health Care in the Lebanon

         • Kasturi Sen, Abla Mehio-Sibai

         Pages 66-83

      3. The Interactions between Social and Commercial Health Insurance after China’s Entry into the World Trade Organization

         • Qiang Sun

         Pages 84-100

   5. Commercialization and the Public and Community Health Sector

      1. Commercialization and the Public Sector in India: Implications for Values and Aspirations

         • Rama V. Baru

         Pages 101-116

      2. On Shadow Commercialization of Health Care in Russia

         • Inna Blam, Sergey Kovalev

         Pages 117-135

      3. Commercialization of Health Care in Mali: Community Health Centres, Fees for Service and the Rise of Private Providers

         • Mamadou Kani Konaté, Bakary Kanté

         Pages 136-151

3. Policy Issues and Responses

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153

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   2. Global Industrial Regulation and Its Health Implications

      1. Indian Pharmaceutical Companies and Accessibility of Drugs under TRIPS

         • Sudip Chaudhuri

         Pages 155-169

      2. International Collaboration on Medical Device Regulation: Issues, Problems and Stakeholders

         • Christa Altenstetter

         Pages 170-186

   3. Commercialization and Global Policies

      1. Restructuring Global Health Policy-Making: the Role of Global Public-Private Partnerships

         • Eeva Ollila

         Pages 187-200

      2. International Migration of Health Care Staff: Extent and Policy Responses, with Illustrations from Ghana

         • Kwadwo Mensah

         Pages 201-215

   4. Universalizing Health Care Access under Commercialization

      1. Eliminating Economic Barriers in Health Care: the Mexico City Government’s Experience

         • Asa Cristina Laurell, Eduardo Zepeda, Luisa Mussot

         Pages 216-233

      2. The Political Economy of National Health Insurance in Korea

         • Huck-Ju Kwon, Byongho Tchoe

         Pages 234-250

   5. Public-Private Interactions and Health Equity Objectives

      1. The Search for Cross Subsidy in Segmented Health Systems: Can Private Wards in Public Hospitals Secure Equity Gains?

         • Haroon Wadee, Lucy Gilson

         Pages 251-266

      2. Public Expenditure Allocation and Incidence under Health Care Market Liberalization: a Tanzanian Case Study

         • Tausi Mbaga Kida, Maureen Mackintosh

         Pages 267-283

Based on original research and analysis by a group of health policy experts and economists from across the world, this book analyzes the causes and consequences of the expanding global and local commercialization of health care. It argues for the necessity and possibility of effective policy responses to develop good quality, universally 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.

• care
• health
• health policy
• political economy

• Open University, UK

  Maureen Mackintosh

• The Globalism and Social Policy Programme, National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health, Finland

  Meri Koivusalo

CHRISTA ALTENSTETTER The City University of New York's Graduate School and Queen's College, USA RAMA V. BARU Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India INNA BLAM Institute of Economics and Engineering, Russian Acdemy of Sciences, Russia SUDIP CHAUDHURI Indian Institute of Management, India LUCY GILSON Centre for Health Policy, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa CELIA IRIART Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico, USA REBECA JASSO-AGUILAR Department of Sociology, University of New Mexico, USA TAUSI KIDA Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF), Tanzania MAMADOU KANI KONATÉ Centre d'Appui à la Recherche et à la Formation (CAREF), Mali BAKARY KANTÉ Director, Division of Policy Development and Law (DPDL), United Nations Environment Programme, Kenya SEREGY KOVALEV Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia HUCK-JU KWON UNRISD, Switzerland ANGELA LANDWEHR Member, MPH Professional Paper Committee, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, USA ASA CRISTINA LAURELL Minister of Health for Mexico City, Mexico JANE LETHBRIDGE The Business School, University of Greenwich, UK KWADWO MENSAH Health and Human Resource Management Consultant, Ghana LUISA MUSSOT Office of the Secretary of Health of the Federal District, Mexico EEVA OLLILA Globalism and Social Policy Programme, SKATES,Finland KASTURI SEN Institute of Public Health, Department of Public Health, University of Cambridge, UK ABLA MEHIO-SIBAI Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Lebanon QIANG SUN Center for Health Management and Policy, Shandong University, China BYONGHO TCHOE Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, Korea HAROON WADEE Centre for Health Policy, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa HOWARD WAITZKIN Health Sciences Center, University of New Mexico, USA EDUARDO ZEPEDA UNDP International Poverty Center, Brazil

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