PHA-Exch> UNRISD research on commercialisation of health

[Claudio Schuftan]

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> ,Subject: UNRISD research on commercialisation of health
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> From: PHM Global Secretariat <secretariat at phmovement.org>
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> *UNRISD Research and Policy Brief 7*
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> *UNRISD Research on Commercialization of Health Care, 2003–2005*
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> This Research and Policy Brief summarizes findings from two UNRISD
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> *Commercialization of Health Care: Global and Local Dynamics and Policy
> Responses*, and the health-related research for a broader project, *The
> Social Challenge of Development: Globalization and Inequality.*
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> These interlinked projects brought together researchers from 20 mainly
> developing and transitional countries to undertake primary research on the
> extent and differentiated nature of health care commercialization and
> globalization, its implications for access and inequality, and the scope for
> effective policy responses to create inclusive, effective and accountable
> health systems.
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> Within these themes, topics included the strategies of multinational
> companies and the health implications of global industrial regulation; the
> impact of transnationalization of health care corporations on middle-income
> country health systems; commercialization of the public sector of health
> care itself and its consequences; international migration of health care
> staff; public- private interactions and health equity; and experiences of
> universalization of care in commercializing health systems.
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> Primary research was undertaken in Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, China,
> Ghana, India, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mali, Mexico, the Republic of Korea, the
> Russian Federation, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland, Tanzania, the
> United States and Viet Nam.
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> The projects demonstrated that economists and health policy experts can
> work effectively together within a conceptual framework that treats
> commercialization of health care as a process to be judged on its merits,
> rather than a premise on which health policy is built.
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> Read the full paper at
> http://www.unrisd.org/unrisd/website/document.nsf/(httpPublications)/7C04740AD2852A4AC12573E6002E24DC?OpenDocument
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