Corrupt Practices in Chinese Medical Care: The Root in Public Policies and a Call for Confucian-Market Approach

, This paper argues that three salient corrupt practices that mark contemporary Chinese health care, namely the over-prescription of indicated drugs, the prescription of more expensive forms of medication and more expensive diagnostic work-ups than needed, and illegal cash payments to physicians—i.e...

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Main Author: Fan, Ruiping (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press 2007
In: Kennedy Institute of Ethics journal
Year: 2007, Volume: 17, Issue: 2, Pages: 111-131
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