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Informal Politics and Access to Health Care in Lebanon

出版	SSRN, 2013
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=ABbizwEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋Introduction: Despite the importance of political institutions in shaping the social environment, the causal impact of politics on health care access and inequalities has been understudied. Even when considered, research tends to focus on the effects of formal macro-political institutions such as the welfare state. We investigate how micro-politics and informal institutions affect access to care. Methods: This study uses a mixed-methods approach, combining findings from a household survey (n=1789) and qualitative interviews (n=310) in Lebanon. Multivariate logistic regression was employed in the analysis of the survey to examine the effect of political activism on access to health care while controlling for age, sex, socioeconomic status, religious commitment and piety. Results: We note a significantly positive association between political activism and the probability of receiving health aid (p