Commercialisation of Medical Care in China: Changing Landscapes

ISBN-13: 9781138625099 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 112 str.

Rama V. Baru; Madhurima Nundy

Opis

This book explores the changing landscapes of commercialisation of medical care in China. First work of its kind, it discusses how the rise of market socialism, coupled with de-collectivisation of agriculture and autonomisation of hospitals in rural and urban China, have fragmented the health service system.

Spis treści

List of figures. List of tables. Foreword. Preface and acknowledgements. List of abbreviations. Prologue: a modern silk road in health.
1. The changing landscape of the commercialisation of medical care in China: an overview. 2. The commercialisation of public hospitals: institutional and financial reforms. 3. The changing landscape of private medical care and the rise of the medical–industrial complex. 4. Public-private partnerships in medical care. 5. The continuum of commercialisation of medical care in China: whither equity?
Index.