Public Health Systems in the Age of Financialization : Lessons from the Center and the Periphery / Ana Carolina Lot Canellas Cordilha.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carolina Lot Canellas Cordilha, Ana, author.

Series:

Studies in critical social sciences ; Volume 260.

Studies in Critical Social Sciences Series ; Volume 260

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical policy.

National health services.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands : Koninklijke Brill nv, [2023]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"In Public Health Systems in the Age of Financialization, Ana Carolina Cordilha unpacks policy shifts that have transformed public health systems into vehicles for financial speculation and capital accumulation. While it is commonly thought that these systems are being cut back in the period of financialization, the author shows that current changes in public health financing go far beyond budget cuts and privatization measures. She examines how public health systems are adopting financial instruments and participating in financial accumulation strategies, with harmful impacts on transparency, democratic accountability, and health service provision. With an in-depth study of both the French and Brazilian systems, Cordilha explores the different ways in which this process unfolds in central and peripheral countries"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Financialization and its inroads into public policy

Public health systems in times of financialization

The French system : pioneering financialized strategies in PHS

The Brazilian system : a trajectory (mis)led by financialization

Uncovering the hidden costs of financialized public health insights from case studies.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-54686-3

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004546868 DOI