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Attacking inequality in the health sector : a synthesis of evidence and tools

Abdo S. Yazbeck

2009

Overview

The last 10 years have seen a resurgence in interest and research around inequalities in the health sector. While a disproportionate share of the new research has focused on measuring inequality in the health sector, work is emerging on how to understand the causes of inequality and on identifying successful approaches for tackling the problem. This book summarizes the operational lessons emerging from this new focus. It is intended to be an operational resource for change agents within and outside government in low and middle countries committed to improve access and use of critical health services to income poor and social vulnerable populations.

• Publisher: World Bank,World Bank Publications,The World Bank
• Subject: ADOLESCENT FERTILITY / ADOLESCENT GIRLS / ANTENATAL CARE / ANTENATAL VISITS / Armut / BASIC HEALTH SERVICES / CHILD HEALTH / CHILD HEALTH SERVICES / CHILDBEARING / CHOICE OF PROVIDERS / COMMUNITY HEALTH / CONTRACEPTION / CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE / Cross-Cultural Comparison / Cross-cultural studies / DEATHS / DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH / DEVELOPING COUNTRIES / DIPHTHERIA / DISABILITY / DISSEMINATION / DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH / DISTRICTS / DRINKING WATER / EFFECTIVE POLICIES / Entwicklungsländer / EQUALITY / Equality -- Health aspects / EXPENDITURES / FAMILIES / FAMILY HEALTH / FAMILY PLANNING / FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES / FERTILITY RATE / FERTILITY RATES / FIRST PREGNANCY / GENDER / Gesundheitspolitik / Gesundheitswesen / GLOBAL EFFORT / GLOBAL POPULATION / Health aspects / HEALTH BUDGETS / HEALTH CARE / HEALTH CARE SERVICES / HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS / HEALTH COVERAGE / HEALTH FINANCE / HEALTH FINANCING / HEALTH FINANCING REFORM / Health inequality / HEALTH INFORMATION / HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS / HEALTH INSURANCE / HEALTH INSURANCE FUND / HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM / HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEMES / HEALTH MANAGEMENT / HEALTH OUTCOMES / HEALTH POLICY / HEALTH RESEARCH / HEALTH SECTOR / HEALTH SECTOR REFORM / HEALTH SERVICE / HEALTH SERVICE USE / HEALTH SERVICES / Health services accessibility / HEALTH SERVICES USE / HEALTH STATUS / Health Status Disparities / HEALTH SYSTEM / HEALTH SYSTEMS / Healthcare Disparities / HIGH RATES OF FERTILITY / HOSPITAL / HOSPITAL SERVICES / HOSPITALIZATION / HOSPITALS / HOUSEHOLD ASSETS / HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS / HOUSEHOLDS / HUMAN DEVELOPMENT / ILL HEALTH / ILLNESS / ILLNESSES / IMMUNIZATION / IMMUNIZATIONS / INCIDENCE ANALYSIS / INCOME / INCOME COUNTRIES / INDEXES / INDOOR AIR POLLUTION / INEQUALITIES IN HEALTH CARE / INFANT / INFANT DEATH / INFANT MORTALITY / INFANT MORTALITY RATE / INFANT MORTALITY RATES / INFANT MORTALITY TOTAL / INFANTS / INFORMATION SYSTEMS / INNOVATIONS IN POLICY / INPATIENT CARE / INSURANCE SCHEMES / LEGAL STATUS / LEVELS OF INFANT / LIFE EXPECTANCY / LIVE BIRTHS / LIVING STANDARDS / MALARIA / MARRIED WOMEN / MEASLES / MEASLES IMMUNIZATION / MEDICAL CARE / MEDICAL FACILITY / MIDWIFE / MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL / MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS / MINISTRY OF HEALTH / MODERN CONTRACEPTIVES / MONITORING MECHANISMS / MORALITY / MORBIDITY / MORTALITY / NATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING / NATIONAL HEALTH / NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE / NATIONAL LEVEL / NATIONAL LEVELS / NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS / NURSE / NUTRITION / PATIENT / PHYSICIAN / POCKET PAYMENTS / POLICY AUDIENCES / POLICY CHANGE / POLICY DEVELOPMENT / POLICY DIALOGUE / POLICY LEVEL / POLICY MAKERS / POLITICAL SCIENCE / POLLUTION / Poor / Poor -- Medical care -- Cross-cultural studies / POOR HEALTH / POOR WOMEN / POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU / POVERTY REDUCTION / POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY / PRACTITIONERS / PREGNANCY / PREGNANT WOMAN / PREGNANT WOMEN / PRENATAL CARE / PRIMARY CARE / PRIMARY HEALTH CARE / PRIVATE SECTORS / PROBABILITY / PUBLIC EXPENDITURE / PUBLIC HEALTH / PUBLIC HEALTH SPENDING / PUBLIC HOSPITALS / PUBLIC SECTOR / PUBLIC SPENDING / RADIO / REGIONAL INEQUALITIES / REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH / REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES / RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS / RESPECT / RURAL AREAS / RURAL POPULATION / RURAL POPULATIONS / SAFETY / SANITATION / SEGMENTS OF SOCIETY / SELECTION SYSTEM / SERVICE DELIVERY / Social conditions / SOCIAL MARKETING / SOCIAL PROGRAMS / SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS / SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS / SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER / SURVIVAL RATE / TETANUS / TRANSPORTATION / UNFPA / UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND / URBAN AREAS / URBAN CONCENTRATION / URBAN POPULATION / URBAN POPULATIONS / USE OF HEALTH SERVICES / Welt / WOMEN OF CHILDBEARING AGE / World health / WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
• ISBN: 9780821374443, 0821374443, 082137740X, 9780821377406