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What makes a hospital Chinese?

In academic circles a lot of work is done trying to understand the concept of “Chineseness”, or “中国情”. In non-academic terms the question being asked is what makes something, like a country or a certain commercial...

by Damjan Denoble

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The Stakeholders in China’s Hospital Reforms

As 2012 draws to a close, the two most impactful reforms China has set in motion within the healthcare space are the ongoing expansion of the country’s insurance plan and attempts to reform its hospitals. The latter is one ...

by Benjamin

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The Reality Behind China’s Public-to-Private Hospital Opportunity

Over the last year, the opportunity to make investments in China’s hospitals has significantly changed for the better. The late 2011 announcement that the FDI catalog would be changed so 100% foreign ownership of hospitals ...

by Benjamin

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Organized healthcare delivery should be the future of private healthcare, in China

If one cannot go small, and one cannot go big in the China hospital market, what's left? The answer, whatever the right one(s) turn(s) out to be, hinges on thinking about whole systems rather than single organizations.

by Damjan Denoble

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Part 3: McKinsey Evaluates the Private Hospital Market in China

Among the many opportunities to deploy capital into China’s healthcare space, few may be more exciting than the potential of private hospitals. Equally, few sectors may be more susceptible to the vagaries of change as China...

by Benjamin

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