The Quest for Legitimacy in a Transitional Economy
A Comparison of Private Hospitals in China and Vietnam
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12765277 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Raymond Kh Chan (0000-0003-1892-8053, City University of Hong Kong, corresponding author), Wang Ying (0000-0003-3020-5317, China Women's University) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 60-83 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-25 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Comparative Asian Development (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1533-9114 • E-ISSN: 2150-5403 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/15339114.2012.749121 |
| OpenAlex | W2105155873 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 28 |
The privatization of health services is an emerging trend in Asia. China and Vietnam are no exceptions, with their reforms to promote private hospitals gradually developed in early 1990s. As newcomers to the health-care system, private hospitals must achieve legitimacy in a state-dominated system in order to survive and develop. This paper describes the strategies of the quest to gain legitimacy from the state through “public-lization” and from the public through a campaign to associate private hospitals with professionalism, a caring environment, and customer orientation. It argues that, in a transitional economy, when the state is allocating power to other sectors but maintaining a central position, private hospitals must be careful to seek legitimacy from the state and, equally importantly, their customers. Improvements to the institutional environment to ensure better regulation are recommended, as well as professional self-scrutiny and consumer participation
Business · China · Economic growth · Economic system · Economics · Legitimacy · Market economy · Order (exchange · Planned economy · Political science · Politics · Position (finance · Power (physics · Private sector · Scrutiny · State (computer science · Global Maternal and Child Health · Healthcare Policy and Management · Healthcare Systems and Reforms · Public Administration · Finance
The System of Professions
Health service delivery in China
Managing Legitimacy
Comparing the services and quality of private and public clinics in rural China
Household utilization and expenditure on private and public health services in Vietnam
Promoting the private sector
Realigning public and private health care in southeast Asia
Rethinking health care systems
Behaviour of the private sector in the health market of Bombay
Sociology as a Skin Trade
Organizational Legitimacy
Sociology as a Skin Trade
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| Citations per year | 0.1 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2016 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |