Financialisation and the Reshaping of Private Healthcare: A Case Study in India.

IF 2.7 2区 医学 Q2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Benjamin M Hunter, Indira Chakravarthi, Shweta Marathe, Susan F Murray
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Abstract

The incursion of the financial sector into contemporary politics, economies and societies has been noted, yet financialisation remains under-explored in the sociological study of healthcare. Using the case of Maharashtra, India, and a qualitative research approach combining policy documents, witness seminars and in-depth interviews, we offer an account of how financialisation has been facilitated and enacted in this sector. We analyse the restructuring of a healthcare system in favour of corporate chains and calculative logics, with concomitant changes including closure and takeover of smaller hospitals and re-modelling of not-for-profit hospitals along corporate lines. We highlight ways in which such financialisation of healthcare, and its sidelining of health needs, has significance for care processes, professional dynamics, access to care and the parameters of regulatory systems.

金融化与私营医疗重塑:以印度为例
金融部门对当代政治、经济和社会的入侵已被注意到,但在医疗保健的社会学研究中,金融化仍未得到充分探讨。以印度马哈拉施特拉邦为例,采用定性研究方法,结合政策文件、证人研讨会和深度访谈,我们介绍了该行业如何促进和实施金融化。我们分析了有利于企业连锁和计算逻辑的医疗保健系统的重组,随之而来的变化包括关闭和接管较小的医院,以及沿着企业路线重新建立非营利医院的模型。我们强调了这种医疗保健金融化的方式,以及它对健康需求的边缘化,对护理过程、专业动态、获得护理和监管系统参数具有重要意义。
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期刊介绍: Sociology of Health & Illness is an international journal which publishes sociological articles on all aspects of health, illness, medicine and health care. We welcome empirical and theoretical contributions in this field.
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