We need to understand how global market forces undermine healthcare
About this episode
The episode discusses how global market forces impact healthcare and the need for reforms to address these challenges.
This week we focus on the external forces that shape medicine and healthcare. Global health is changing, after the reduction in financing from wealthy nations, the global community are beginning to implement reforms to improve the situation. However, any change will be unsuccessful until we tackle the fundamental structures that govern outcomes, argue Daniel Bernal-Serrano and Omar Gabriel Torres Valencia from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. They join us to explain how economic forces, wealth distribution, and market dynamics undermine health outcomes. We also learn about the rapid rise in private equity financing of healthcare in the UK, and the dangers that poses to healthcare quality. Bernd Rechel is a researcher at the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, and explains how different countries are handling this drive for healthcare profit extraction. Reading list: Private equity involvement in UK healthcare Reforming global health architecture requires confronting its political economy
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Guests: Daniel Bernal-Serrano, Omar Gabriel Torres Valencia
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Organizations: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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