Social services policies in a developing market economy oriented towards socialism: The case of health system reforms in Vietnam Export

@article{citeulike:598501, abstract = {This paper analyzes Vietnam's health policies. It adopts an interpretative framework stressing that policy approaches to strategic and commercial services, on one hand, and social services, on the other hand, should be fundamentally different, given the structurally different nature of such diverse services activities. The paper analyzes the evolution of health policies during the <i>doi moi</i> period and reviews the national and international debate on health systems reforms, arguing that an approach prone to blur the intrinsic difference between social and non-social services has led to market-oriented health reforms that are severely flawed in Vietnam, with negative impacts on universality of access, equity, poverty, and efficiency. In sum, social services policies, and policies in the domain of health in particular, appear to constitute the weakest and most contentious component of Vietnam's otherwise extremely successful development strategy. Therefore, they are a prime candidate for critical re-examination.}, author = {Gabriele, Alberto}, citeulike-article-id = {598501}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09692290600625504}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/rrip/2006/00000013/00000002/art00004}, doi = {10.1080/09692290600625504}, issn = {0969-2290}, journal = {Review of International Political Economy}, keywords = {health\_system\_reforms, social\_services, socialism}, month = {May}, number = {2}, pages = {258--289}, posted-at = {2009-11-12 01:27:14}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Routledge}, title = {Social services policies in a developing market economy oriented towards socialism: The case of health system reforms in Vietnam}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09692290600625504}, volume = {13}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:598501 L3 - citeulike-article-id:598501 N2 - This paper analyzes Vietnam's health policies. It adopts an interpretative framework stressing that policy approaches to strategic and commercial services, on one hand, and social services, on the other hand, should be fundamentally different, given the structurally different nature of such diverse services activities. The paper analyzes the evolution of health policies during the <i>doi moi</i> period and reviews the national and international debate on health systems reforms, arguing that an approach prone to blur the intrinsic difference between social and non-social services has led to market-oriented health reforms that are severely flawed in Vietnam, with negative impacts on universality of access, equity, poverty, and efficiency. In sum, social services policies, and policies in the domain of health in particular, appear to constitute the weakest and most contentious component of Vietnam's otherwise extremely successful development strategy. Therefore, they are a prime candidate for critical re-examination. IS - 2 JF - Review of International Political Economy SN - 0969-2290 EP - 289 TI - Social services policies in a developing market economy oriented towards socialism: The case of health system reforms in Vietnam PB - Routledge VL - 13 SP - 258 KW - health_system_reforms KW - social_services KW - socialism AU - Gabriele, Alberto PY - 2006/05// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09692290600625504 ER -