The political economy of health care development and reforms in Hong Kong
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The political economy of health care development and reforms in Hong Kong
（Social & political studies from Hong Kong）
Ashgate, c1999
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Bibliography: P. 291-321
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Drawing upon the explanatory strength of the political economy perspective, this book investigates the development of health care in Hong Kong from 1945 onwards with particular reference to the health care reforms since the mid 1980s. Within the political economy perspective, the social context, health needs, the state and the medical profession are essential components in the study of health care. The private wage and unpaid domestic labour are conceptualized as major resources for health consumption. In addition, an examination of three important constituent elements of the health care system, namely, access, financing and delivery provides the basis on which the book presents an in-depth and critical study of the fundamental threads and factors underlying the development and reforming of health care in Hong Kong. In particular, the political economy perspective illuminates the changing interface between informal health care, traditional Chinese medicine and formal health care and their relative overall importance across time as circumstances change.
Table of Contents
- Conceptualization of "resources" for health consumption
- state intervention in health care
- the medical profession and health care
- health care development, 1945-1966
- health care development - from 1966 to the mid-1980s
- reducing patients' access to public medical care
- semi-private beds - enhancing competition and choice?
- health insurance and financing
- promoting informal health.
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