Commercialization of Health Care

CHRISTA ALTENSTETTER The City University of New York's Graduate School and Queen's College, USARAMA V. BARU Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University, IndiaINNA BLAM Institute of Economics and Engineering, Russian Acdemy of Sciences, RussiaSUDIP CHAUDHURI Indian Institute of Management, IndiaLUCY GILSON Centre for Health Policy, University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaCELIA IRIART Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico, USAREBECA JASSO-AGUILAR Department of Sociology, University of New Mexico, USATAUSI KIDA Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF), TanzaniaMAMADOU KANI KONATÉ Centre d'Appui à la Recherche et à la Formation (CAREF), MaliBAKARY KANTÉ Director, Division of Policy Development and Law (DPDL), United Nations Environment Programme, KenyaSEREGY KOVALEV Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering, Russian Academy of Sciences, RussiaHUCK-JU KWON UNRISD, SwitzerlandANGELA LANDWEHR Member, MPH Professional Paper Committee, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, USAASA CRISTINA LAURELL Minister of Health for Mexico City, MexicoJANE LETHBRIDGE The Business School, University of Greenwich, UKKWADWO MENSAH Health and Human Resource Management Consultant, GhanaLUISA MUSSOT Office of the Secretary of Health of the Federal District, MexicoEEVA OLLILA Globalism and Social Policy Programme, SKATES,FinlandKASTURI SEN Institute of Public Health, Department of Public Health, University of Cambridge, UKABLA MEHIO-SIBAI Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics,Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, LebanonQIANG SUN Center for Health Management and Policy, Shandong University, ChinaBYONGHO TCHOE Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, KoreaHAROON WADEE Centre for Health Policy, University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaHOWARD WAITZKIN Health Sciences Center, University of New Mexico, USAEDUARDO ZEPEDA UNDP International Poverty Center, Brazil

• 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