Rising Markets And Failing Health: An Inquiry Into Subaltern Health Care Consumption Under Neoliberalism  

Oleh:

Varman, Rohit ; Vikas, Ram Manohar

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Macromarketing vol. 27 no. 2 (Jun. 2007), page 162-172.
Topik: health care; development; quality of life; subaltern consumers; neoliberalism
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This research highlights some of the fundamental weaknesses in the market-based economic approach for a developing society. This study of health care consumption by subaltern groups in India reveals that consumers believe that greater reliance on a market-based system has contributed to a decline in the state health institutions, proliferation of private clinics, and a close physician– pharmaceutical firm nexus. Accordingly, instead of creating a more efficient system of health care delivery, market forces are instrumental in marginalization of the subaltern sections of the population. Ramifications of these findings include a suggested expansion in quality of life marketing framework to include the concept of consumer empowerment with specific emphases on dimensions of control and exclusion.

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