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Drawing upon the explanatory strength of the political economy perspective, this book investigates the development of health care in Hong Kong from 1945 onwards with particular reference to the health care reforms since the mid 1980s. Within the political economy perspective, the social context, health needs, the state and the medical profession are essential components in the study of health care. The private wage and unpaid domestic labour are conceptualized as major resources for health consumption. In addition, an examination of three important constituent elements of the health care system, namely, access, financing and delivery provides the basis on which the book presents an in-depth and critical study of the fundamental threads and factors underlying the development and reforming of health care in Hong Kong. In particular, the political economy perspective illuminates the changing interface between informal health care, traditional Chinese medicine and formal health care and their relative overall importance across time as circumstances change.