第52回白眉セミナー ： 『Making Medicine a Business: an Economic History Perspective』
- ピエール＝イブ・ドンゼ（京都大学白眉センター）
- 2012/12/18 4:00pm
- 白眉センター（iCeMS西館2階 会議室）
- 英語
要旨
Today, healthcare makes up about 10% of GDP in developed countries, while it was only 5% in 1950 and 1% in 1900. Medicine became a fast-growing business during the late 19th century and technology played a key role in this process, transforming hospitals from charitable houses to institutions managed like enterprises. On the one hand, it became a crucial issue for doctors to secure their access to these technologies for their professional practice. They opened private clinics, negotiated the use of hospitals for their private needs, or got employed by big health centers. On the other hand, the population wanted to be cured with these new technologies, so the demand for hospitalization increased rapidly. This process led to the emergence of a market for healthcare. In this seminar, I will introduce the field of economic history of medicine, through some European and Japanese examples.