Commercialization of Health Care

List of Figures and Tables Foreword Preface and Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors 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.Konaté & B.Kanté 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 References Index