Author : Francisco León
Publisher : Naciones Unidas, Social Development Division
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Medical
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173014167461
Modernization and Foreign Trade in the Health Services by Francisco León Pdf
This paper examines the impact of modernisation of the health system on foreign trade in health services in Chile during the period 1983-1999. It establishes linkages between specific aspects of reform and modernisation of the health sector and imports and exports of specific services produced or required by the health system. A description is given of the modernisation and reform process which has the potential to promote foreign trade in the area of health and a number of theories are outlined in this respect. It examines the effective influence of modernisation and health reform linkages on the export and import of health services. The conclusions are that modernisation and health reform in Chile have contributed to an internationalisation of health, and that the development of trade in health-related services and goods is an important and growing part of this process.