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Attacking inequality in the health sector : a synthesis of evidence and tools / Abdo S. Yazbeck.

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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 s...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Open Knowledge Repository)
Main Author: Yazbeck, Abdo
Corporate Author: World Bank
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : World Bank, ©2009.
Series:World Bank e-Library.
Subjects:
Equality > Health aspects.
Health services accessibility.
Poor > Medical care > Cross-cultural studies.
World health.
Cross-cultural studies.
Medical policy.
Medical policy
Cross-cultural studies
Equality > Health aspects
Health services accessibility
Poor > Medical care
World health
Table of Contents:
  • An unacceptable reality
  • Approaching a complex and persistent problem
  • The importance of "listening"
  • A menu of pro-poor policies
  • Brazil, filling the cracks in universal coverage
  • Cambodia: contracting with nongovernmental organizations to serve the poor
  • Cambodia: health equity fund for the poor
  • Chile: integrated services program for the poor
  • Colombia: expanding health insurance for the poor
  • India: community-based health care services
  • Indonesia: health cards for the poor
  • Kenya: expanding immunization reach through campaigns
  • The Kyrgyz Republic: health financing reform and the poor
  • Mexico: paying the poor to use health services
  • Mexico: providing subsidized health insurance to the poor
  • Nepal: participatory planning
  • Rwanda: community-based health insurance
  • Tanzania: social marketing for malaria prevention
  • Vigilance.

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