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Measurement and Explanation of Inequality in Health and Health Care in Low-income Settings

出版	United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economics Research, 2008
ISBN	92923008309789292300838
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=s9cKKAga0esC&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋"This paper describes approaches to the measurement and explanation of income-related inequality and inequity in health care financing, health care utilization and health and considers the applicability and the feasibility of these methods in low-income countries. Results from a comparative study of 14 Asian countries are used to illustrate the main issues. The structure of health finance in low-income countries, in particular the heavy reliance on out-of-pocket payments, means that the equity issues in finance are quite different from those of concern in high-income countries. Primary concern is not with the distribution of contributions to pre-payment mechanisms but with the deterrent effect of payments on utilization and the distribution of uninsured payment risks. Measurement of inequity in utilization of health care in low-income countries is constrained by the lack of reliable measures of health that can be used to standardize..." -- abstract.