Title:
WTO, globalization, and Chinas health care system
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Publication Information:
New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007
ISBN:
9781403943262
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Summary
Summary
This book considers the key sectors of China's health care system after its entrance into the WTO, including the pharmaceutical industry, health insurance services, and hospitals in terms of policies, legal framework and market potential. It offers a critical analysis of the impact of the WTO and globalization on China's health care.
Author Notes
Xiao-wan Wang is Professor of Health Economics at the School of Public Health, Central South University, China.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgements | p. viii |
| 1 China's Health Care System at a Crossroads in the World Trade Organization Framework | p. 1 |
| 2 The World Trade Organization and China's Health Insurance Sector | p. 40 |
| 3 The Global Pharmaceutical Industry and China's Position | p. 55 |
| 4 The World Trade Organization, and the Present and Future of China's Pharmaceutical Industry | p. 86 |
| 5 The World Trade Organization, Hospital Reform and Health Service Provision in China | p. 134 |
| 6 The World Trade Organization, Challenges and Opportunities for China's Health Care System | p. 173 |
| Bibliography | p. 227 |
| Index | p. 253 |
