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.

China
globalization
WTO

• Front Matter
• China’s Health Care System at a Crossroads in the World Trade Organization Framework
• The World Trade Organization and China’s Health Insurance Sector
• The Global Pharmaceutical Industry and China’s Position
• The World Trade Organization, and the Present and Future of China’s Pharmaceutical Industry
• The World Trade Organization, Hospital Reform and Health Service Provision in China
• The World Trade Organization, Challenges and Opportunities for China’s Heath Care System
• Back Matter

MEI LING WANG is Associate Professor of Social Sciences and Health Policy at the University of the Sciences in Philidelphia, USA. She studied at the Harvard School of Public Health and has devoted her career to writing on global issues.

SHUO ZHANG works for DSS VHA, in Texas, USA and has been at the frontline of China’s health system.

XIAO-WAN WANG is Professor of Health Economics at the school of Public Health, Central South University, China. He has first hand experience of working in China’s health system as an academic and policy analyst.

Book Title
WTO, Globalization and China’s Health Care System

Authors
Mei-ling Wang, Shuo Zhang, Xiao-wan Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230286962

Hardcover ISBN
978-1-4039-4326-2
Published: 06 August 2007

eBook ISBN
978-0-230-28696-2
Published: 06 August 2007

Edition Number
1

Number of Pages
VIII, 289

Topics
International Business, Asian Culture, Social Policy, Development Economics, International Economics, Globalization