Author: Stephan Kloos
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000523268
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 329
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This book develops the concept of Asian Medical Industries as a novel perspective on traditional Asian medicines. Complementing and updating existing work in this field, the book provides a critical and comparative analytic framework for understanding Chinese Medicine, Ayurveda, Sowa Rigpa, and Japanese Kampo in the 21st century. No longer subaltern health resources or conservative systems of traditional knowledge, these medicines have become an integral part of modern Asia as innovative, lucrative industries. Ten original case studies employ insights from anthropology, history, geography, pharmaceutical sciences, botany, and economics to trace the transformation of Asian medical traditions into rapidly growing and dynamic pharmaceutical industries. Collectively, these contributions identify this as a major phenomenon impacting Asian and global healthcare, economics, cultural politics, and environments. The book suggests that we can learn more about Asian medicines today by approaching them as industries rather than as cultural or epistemic systems. Asian Medical Industries is a highly original resource for students and scholars across a range of academic fields such as anthropology, history, and Asian studies, as well as medical practitioners, health sector actors, and policymakers.
Author: Charles M. Leslie
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520035119
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 442
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Author: Céline Coderey
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 100065091X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 257
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This book unpacks the organized sets of practices that govern contemporary Asian medicine, from production of medications in the lab to their circulation within circuits and networks of all kinds, and examines the plurality of actors involved in such governance. Chapters analyze the process of industrialization and commercialization of Asian medicine and the ways in which the expansion of the market in Asian medicines has contributed to the inscription of products within a large system of governance, greatly dominated by global actors and the biomedical hegemony. At the same time, the contributors argue that local actors continue to play a major role in reshaping the regulations and their implementation, thus complexifying the trajectory of the remedies and their natures. Examining in particular the plurality of actors involved in governance and circulation, and the converging or conflicting logics actors follow in regard to negotiations and tensions that arise, the book brings a unique multi-layered contribution to the study of governance and circulation of Asian medicines, offering further proof of their fluidity and resilience. Filling a significant gap in the market by addressing circulation and governance of Asian medicines in Asian countries, including Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Singapore, this book will be of interest to students and scholars in the field of Asian studies, Asian culture and society, global health, Asian medicine, and medical anthropology.
Author: Volker Scheid
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN: 0702048364
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 256
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Traditional East Asian healthcare systems have moved rapidly from the fringes of healthcare systems in the West towards the centre over the past 50 years. This change of status for traditional medicines presents their practitioners with both opportunities and challenges as the focus shifts from one of opposition towards one of integration into biomedically dominated healthcare systems. Integrating East Asian Medicine into Contemporary Healthcare examines the opportunities and challenges of integrating East Asian medicine into Western healthcare systems from an interdisciplinary perspective. Volker Scheid and Hugh MacPherson bring together contributions from acknowledged experts from a number of different disciplines - including clinical researchers, Chinese Medicine practitioners, historians, medical anthropologists, experts in the social studies of science, technology and medicine - to examine and debate the impact of the evidence-based medicine movement on the ongoing modernization of East Asian medicines. The book considers the following questions: •What are the values, goals and ethics implicit within traditional East Asian medical practices? • What claims to effectiveness and safety are made by East Asian medical practices? •What is at stake in subjecting these medical practices to biomedical models of evaluation? • What constitutes best practice? How is it to be defined and measured? • What are the ideologies and politics behind the process of integration of East Asian medical practices into modern health care systems? • What can we learn from a variety of models of integration into contemporary healthcare?
Author: Fu-Sheng Tsai
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
ISBN: 2832538096
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 145
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Author: Mihajlo Jakovljevic
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
ISBN: 2832518214
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 210
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Author: Marco R. Di Tommaso
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 303046671X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 204
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This book explores the ongoing transition of China’s economy by examining how its healthcare industry is growing and changing. The coronavirus pandemic has reinforced one of the authors' key points: in our complex, fragile, and interconnected societies, the production of health is a vital strategic ‘industry’. The case of China is particularly salient, because of its economic and geopolitical significance, and the scale of the healthcare challenge it has faced. Adopting a multi-level perspective, the authors examine the entrepreneurial role of the Chinese government as it seeks to strengthen the competitiveness of domestic firms. They analyze the strategies employed to improve China’s technology and capacity for innovation, and discuss China’s strategies and policies to ensure knowledge acquisition and creation in the long-term, with particular reference to international scientific collaborations. This book is a must-read for students, researchers, and policymakers interested in the prospects and challenges posed by the growth of the Chinese healthcare industry and its global impact.
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Publisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9813236124
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 1278
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During the past three decades, health care systems in the East Asian regions of China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan have undergone major changes. Each system has its unique achievements and challenges. Global health care policymakers are increasingly interested in understanding the changes that have taken place in these four systems. This four-volume reference set is designed to help health care professionals, academics, policymakers, and general readers gain a good grasp of the background and latest developments in the health care systems of China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. This reference set provides an in-depth comparative health policy analysis and discussion of health care reform strategies in each of these systems. One unique feature of this set is that each volume has been edited by a leading scholar who has been deeply involved in the development of the health care system in that particular region. Each of these editors also has invited both scholars and practitioners to provide a first-hand description and analysis of key health care reform issues in that system. The many examples provided in each volume demonstrate how findings of evidence-based policy research can be implemented into policy practice.Volume 1 describes and discusses China's ambitious and complex journey of health care reform since 2009. The Chinese government has achieved universal health insurance coverage and has embarked on reforms of the service delivery system and provider payment methods that are aimed at controlling health expenditure growth and improving efficiency. This volume includes pilot and social experiments initiated by the government and researchers and their evaluations that have guided the formulation of health reform policies. It provides information on how to make reforms work at the local and provincial levels. The findings detailed in this volume will contribute to a global knowledge base in health care reforms.Volume 2 provides a comprehensive review and evaluation of the Japanese health care system. Japan has a long history of health care system development and provision of universal health coverage, with a mature and well-developed health care system among East Asian countries. However, due to increases in health care costs, economic stagnation and the country's rapidly aging population, Japan has undergone significant health care reform during the last two decades, both in the delivery as well as financing of health services in its hospital sector, medical technology sector and long-term care insurance. Despite these challenges and reforms, health outcomes among the Japanese population have been progressively among the best in the world. This volume shows how policy research can lead to policy analysis, implementation and assessment. It also provides valuable lessons learnt for mutual learning among other health care systems.Volume 3 offers a comprehensive review of the developments in South Korea's national health insurance system since 1989 in terms of financing, delivery systems, and outcomes. The volume analyzes the efficiency of cost and service delivery by public sectors versus private sectors. It points out areas of challenge to future Korean health care reform. Chapter authors in this volume are leading experts involved in Korean health care policy implementation.Volume 4 reviews the development and achievements of Taiwan Health Insurance since 1995. Because of its continuous reform in payment, services delivery, and pharmaceutical technology, Taiwan has been considered a model example of universal health insurance among global health systems. This volume shows the processes used to translate policy research findings into policy changes. While the health care reform in Taiwan is ongoing, the Taiwan example provides a real-world and practical understanding of health care system changes.In summary, this four-volume set makes an outstanding contribution to health care system reform and policy research, based on solid scholarly work. It also introduces policy researchers and academic communities to current debates about health systems, health financing, and universal health coverage. This reference volume is a must for anyone keen on East Asia's health care system reform dynamics and changing scene.
Author: Mucelli Attilio
Publisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9813231238
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 516
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Healthcare Policies and Systems in Europe and China, a product of an interdisciplinary European Union-funded project, comprehensively investigates opportunities for mutual integration in the healthcare sector of the two regions and analyses policies at both national and local levels, the legal environment, medical practices, as well as the state of respective healthcare industries and related businesses. The book sheds light on both the potential benefits and obstacles to the integration of Chinese and Western medicine, as well as practices and industries in Europe and China. An interdisciplinary approach is adopted throughout using tools and technical knowledge derived from the economics, social sciences, legal and medical fields. This edited volume seeks to provide guidelines and policy proposals for policy-makers both in Europe and China, as well as offer operational suggestions for companies working in or with China, to enhance bilateral trade and investment flows. It also presents medical evidence and economic/legal analysis that will help boost the integration of traditional Chinese medicine with Western medicine through research studies. This is a recommended read for graduates, researchers and policy-makers seeking for a holistic understanding of healthcare policies and systems, both in theory and in practice. Contents: Healthcare System and Industry in Europe and China: Common Issues and Future Opportunities: Relevance of Western Medicine and TCM in the Chinese and European Markets: An Overview (Attilio Mucelli) New Horizons of Chinese Healthcare System: Reforms and Perspectives (Daniela Caruso) Effect of Aging on Healthcare Industry's Cooperation Opportunities Between Europe and China (Dan Yang, Qinhong Wu and Attilio Mucelli) The Chinese TCM Industry: Growth, Changes and Policies (Marco R Di Tommaso, Manli Huang, Yue Qi and Chiara Pollio) Trade in Medical Products Between China and EU (Qu Ruxiao, Zeng Yanping and Liu Xia) The Healthcare Industry in the Chinese Economy: Insights from Input–Output Analysis (Noemi Ferracuti, Claudio Socci and Francesca Spigarelli) European Healthcare Industry and Chinese FDI: Where Do Chinese Firms Invest? (Ping Lv, Yu Liang and Francesca Spigarelli) Monopoly in the Chinese Healthcare Market: Norms and Practices (Lihong Zhang and Changmian Zhang) The Chinese Private Hospital Sector and FDI: From Socialization to Opening Up (Federica Monti) Investments, Research, Education, and TCM (Paolo Sospiro) The Integration of Western and Traditional Chinese Medicine: Challenges and Opportunities: Assessing Costs, Benefits, and Cost-Effectiveness in TCM (Attilio Mucelli and Olena Liakh) Evaluating the Use of TCM Through the Theory of Planned Behaviour: A Consumer Survey Analysis (Olena Liakh) Legal Framework on Health Foods in China and Food Supplements in the EU: A Comparison Study in the Perspective of TCM (Pamela Lattanzi and Qingle Hu) The Balance Between Patients' Choice and Economic Constraint in the Use of TCM Therapies: Two European Cases (Erik Longo and Laura Vagni) Understanding Traditional Chinese Medicine from a Legal and Semantic Perspective (Saisai Wang and Kim Van der Borght) Female Doctors in Ancient China: Comparative Studies Through Literature and Science (Elena Santilli) Traditional Chinese Medicine: Evidences from the Medical Field: Using International Perspective to Develop Traditional Chinese Medicine (Xiaolin Yuan and Xu Zhang) Cancer-Related Digestive Symptoms (Qijun Fang, Yujuan Wang and Tianshu Xu) Cancer-Related Fatigue (Qijun Fang, Yuj
Author: Damjan P. DeNoble
Publisher: Health Intelligence Asia LLC & Rubicon Strategy Group LLC
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 123
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Over the course of several weeks in June and July of 2014, Rubicon Strategy Group conducted close to forty interviews with country managers of pharmaceutical and device companies, director level administrators in public and private hospitals, successful pharmacy and medical device shop owners, and entrepreneurs at the forefront of the cutting edge in the Vietnam healthcare market. In addition the team went out and conducted a validated survey questionnaire of consumers to judge their preference for particular products, and their preference for healthcare access options in the public and the private sector. The goal of this paper revealed itself in the course of compiling the data: to bring out insights from the front lines of the sales channels and the business models that make up the pharmaceutical and medical device markets in Vietnam. It is the hope of the authors that the information presented in this way can help inform sales strategies and the development of value add services for companies involved in the marketing and/or distribution of drug and medical device products in Vietnam. On the eve of a pair of large negotiations, - a free trade agreement negotiation between the EU and Vietnam, set to be finalized in October 2014, and the negotiation of the Trans Pacific Asean partnership – it was found that much of the conversation with healthcare system company representatives and sales channel participants turned to the issue of the public tender system as well as some of the hardships brought on by Vietnam’s ongoing healthcare market reform. Consequently, one section of this report is geared towards exploring how the policy and regulatory level challenges of the current tender process. However, in constructing this section it became clear that the value of the research conducted during this study is not simply in explaining the tender process as it is supposed to function at the policy level and the attendant issues that stem from that design, but also highlighting how the tender process impacts the decision making of pharmaceutical and medical device executives in-country, in real time, as well as how it impacts the various operators across sales channels. In other words, a core value of the study is necessarily attendant to its exploration of the strategies currently being employed by executives active in Vietnam’s healthcare market. In trying to present a picture of the ground-level impacts of policies and regulatory structures impacting Vietnam’s healthcare space, it is of course important to present a clear outline of the issues that the research revealed. At the same time, it became apparent to fully communicate the ground-level happenings as they related to the tender process, it was also helpful to present a series of case studies that would help add color and nuance to the issues clearly presented.
