Publisher's Synopsis
This book presents an in-depth and critical study of the basic and fundamental threads and factors underlying the reforming of health care in Hong Kong. Drawing upon the explanatory strength of the political economy perspective, Victor C.W. Wong explores the period from 1945, with particular reference to developments since the mid-1980s. Six reforming strategies are discussed: - - 1) Upholding of the safety-net approach and philosophy. - 2) Implementation of the shared care approach. - 3) Introduction of B-class beds. - 4) Regulation of private health insurance. - 5) Adoption of a community health care strategy. - 6) Promotion of Chinese medicine. - - In particular, the book illuminates the changing interface between formal health care, traditional Chinese medicine and informal health care, and their overall importance across time as the social context of Hong Kong changes. - - 'The Political Economy of Health Care Development and Reforms in Hong Kong' will be valuable reading for students and teachers of health policy, social policy, social welfare and all those who are interested in the political economy of health care.
