China Has Health Care Too
A few months ago I was on a China panel at Northwestern's Kellogg Business School where, among other things, we were asked to list China's best opportunities. I stressed that because I am not a China business expert, I would have to answer the question based entirely on what I was seeing of my firm's clients and, based on that, I listed health care, technology, and food.
If I had to pick just one of the three, I would pick health care and technology (I know I said one, but hey, it's MY blog). I would pick these two now because even within just the last few months, China's government has made clear, both in its policy statements and in its spending, that it is going to be increasingly emphasizing these two during the next few years.
A couple years ago I did a post listing a whole slew of top China technology blogs and I plan to do another one soon. There is a surprising dearth of really good China food blogs and, as far as I know, no blog focuses on China's food business, which is too bad.
I am aware of only one blog with China's health care. It is called Asia Health Care Blog and I have been a regular reader for months. It is written by two Beijingers, Damjan DeNoble, who has a Public Policy B.A. with a certificate in Health Policy from Duke, and James Flanagan, who has a B.Com from McGill.
If you care about health care in China (and you should), I urge you to check out Asia Health Care Blog.
http://www.chinalawblog.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-t.cgi/3117
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Just published by authors with impressive hands-on experience in US and Chinese health policy.
The Social Face of Economic Growth: China's Health
System in Transition
Christina S. Ho; Lawrence O. Gostin
JAMA. 2009;301(17):1809-1811.
Posted by: Glenn Tiffert | May 14, 2009 11:57 PM
Why not health care technology ?
But I think the best money making scheme would be on shore healthcare service designed for the rich and famous, using western practitioners, technology, practices, with five star spa treatment for patients, operating under Chinese laws of anything goes. Put it somewhere like Hainan, with direct chartered flights from major cities.
Posted by: Bill Rich | May 15, 2009 8:40 AM
Dan,
Great post! I'm having a great time here in Greece at the Bilderberg meeting with all the movers & shakers!
When I get back to Pongyang, let's talk about moving you and your family to North Korea. Meanwhile, you may want to send my secretary a birthday card. She turns 15 next week.
Great Cole Slaw, by the way!
Kim Jong Il
Posted by: Kim Jong Il | May 15, 2009 8:13 PM
Surprised not to hear about INTA, seeing as it's happening in your backyard as it were.
Posted by: FOARP | May 16, 2009 10:23 AM
I think one of the big questions is how China will handle (and hopefully innovate) the coming chronic disease crisis. Also I am curious if anyone has any insights into the tension between producing low cost medical technologies for the rural poor in China versus the markets companies like GE is trying to develop?
A whole issue devoted to both disease and health systems in China and India was published last year, well worth reading for more info:
http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/vol27/issue4/
Posted by: AB | May 18, 2009 8:53 PM
Great posting. Thanks.
Posted by: Fogia | November 23, 2009 4:09 AM