Attacking Inequality in the Health Sector : A Synthesis of Evidence and Tools

The overwhelming evidence of inequalities in health outcomes and in the use of health services calculated and disseminated by the World Bank and other development agencies in the last 10 years has energized global efforts to address the needs of the poor and socially vulnerable. These efforts have led to a renewed interest at the global and national levels in both understanding the causes of health sector inequalities and developing policies to tackle them. It is time to synthesize the new knowledge being generated from research and experimentation on addressing inequality. The main purpose of this book is to make available the accumulated knowledge of successful policy and analytical tools in this fight to reverse the vicious circle of income-poverty and ill health. The book presents both a practical set of analytical tools for understanding the causes of inequality in the use of health services and a menu of proven pro-poor policy actions. It is based on the evaluation of 14 successful policy changes in low- and middle-income countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, and a review of the published literature on inequality in the health sector.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Yazbeck, Abdo S.
Format:	Publication biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2009
Subjects:	ADOLESCENT FERTILITY, ADOLESCENT GIRLS, ANTENATAL CARE, ANTENATAL VISITS, BASIC HEALTH SERVICES, CHILD HEALTH, CHILD HEALTH SERVICES, CHILDBEARING, CHOICE OF PROVIDERS, COMMUNITY HEALTH, CONTRACEPTION, CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE, DEATHS, DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DIPHTHERIA, DISABILITY, DISSEMINATION, DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH, DISTRICTS, DRINKING WATER, EFFECTIVE POLICIES, EQUALITY, EXPENDITURES, FAMILIES, FAMILY HEALTH, FAMILY PLANNING, FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES, FERTILITY RATE, FERTILITY RATES, FIRST PREGNANCY, GENDER, GLOBAL EFFORT, GLOBAL POPULATION, HEALTH BUDGETS, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH CARE SERVICES, HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS, HEALTH COVERAGE, HEALTH FINANCE, HEALTH FINANCING, HEALTH FINANCING REFORM, 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 USE, HEALTH STATUS, HEALTH SYSTEM, HEALTH SYSTEMS, HEALTH-FINANCING, HEALTH-SECTOR, 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, POLLUTION, 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 MARKETING, SOCIAL PROGRAMS, SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS, SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER, SURVIVAL RATE, TETANUS, TRANSPORTATION, TV, UNFPA, UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND, URBAN AREAS, URBAN CONCENTRATION, URBAN POPULATION, URBAN POPULATIONS, USE OF HEALTH SERVICES, WOMEN OF CHILDBEARING AGE, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION,
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