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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781328603321

Autore

Wagstaff Adam

Titolo

Health equity and financial protection : streamlined analysis with ADePT software / / Adam Wagstaff ... [and others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2011

ISBN

1-283-13425-X

9786613134257

0-8213-8796-0

Descrizione fisica

xix, 171 pages : illustrations ; ; 24 cm

Altri autori (Persone)

WagstaffAdam

Disciplina

610.285

Soggetti

Medical economics - Data processing

Medical economics - Statistical methods

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

What ADePT health outcomes does -- Data preparation -- Example dataset -- How to generate the tables and graphs -- Interpreting the tables and graphs -- Technical notes -- What ADePT health financing does -- Data preparation -- Example datasets -- How to generate the tables and graphs -- Interpreting the tables and graphs -- Technical notes.

Sommario/riassunto

Two key policy goals in the health sector are equity and financial protection. New methods, data and powerful computers have led to a surge of interest in quantitative analysis that permits monitoring progress toward these objectives, and comparisons across countries. ADePT is a new computer program that streamlines and automates such work, ensuring that results are genuinely comparable and allowing them to be produced with a minimum of programming skills. This book provides a step-by-step guide to the use of ADePT for quantitative analysis of equity and financial protection in the health sect