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

• Autore: Yazbeck Abdo
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : World Bank, 2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: xxiv, 308 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm
• Disciplina: 362.1/042
• Soggetto topico: Equality - Health aspects; Health services accessibility; Poor - Medical care; World health
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. An Unacceptable Reality; Figure 1.1 Regional Inequalities in Health Sector Outcomes; Box 1.1 Variations in Health and Fertility Outcomes in India; Table 1.1 Health Services with the Largest Measure of Inequality; Figure 1.2 Use of Basic Maternal and Child Health Services, Coverage Rates among the Poorest and Wealthiest 20 Percent of the Population in 56 Low- and Middle-Income Countries ; Figure 1.3 Inequalities in the Use of Basic Maternal and Child Health Services: Coverage Rate Ratios for the Wealthiest and Poorest 20 Percent, 56 Low- and Middle-Income CountriesFigure 1.4 Population-Weighted Regional Averages of Percentage of Pregnant Women in the Poorest and Wealthiest Quintiles Who Receive Three or More Antenatal Visits; Box 1.2 Variations in Health Service Use in India; Figure 1.5 Population-Weighted Regional Averages of Percentage of Deliveries for the Poorest and Wealthiest Quintiles That Were Attended by a Medically Trained Person ; Figure 1.6 Population-Weighted Regional Averages of Percentage of Fully Immunized Children from the Poorest and Wealthiest QuintilesFigure 1.7 Selected Benefit Incidence Findings for Public Spending on Health; Box 1.3 Benefit Incidence Analysis at the Subnational Level; Figure 1.8 Wealth Gap for Full Immunization, India, 1998-99; Figure 1.9 Odds Ratios for Infant Morality: The Likelihood of Infant Death in the Poorest Quintile of Families Relative to That in the Wealthiest Quintile, Rural and Urban India, 1998-99; Figure 1.10 Inequality in Full Immunization, India, 1998-99 ; Figure 1.11 Concentration Curves of Infant Mortality Rates in India, 1998-99Figure 1.12 Immunization Concentration Curves, Selected Indian States, 1998-99; Table A1.1 Assets and Factor Scores, Urban India, 1998-99; Figure A1.1 Concentration Curves for Full Immunization, Rural and Urban India; Table A1.2 Household Wealth Quintiles, Urban India, 1998-99; Table A1.3 Infant Mortality Inequalities in Low- and Middle-Income Countries; Table A1.4 Adolescent Fertility Inequalities in Low- and Middle-Income Countries; Table A1.5 Severe Stunting Inequalities in Low- and Middle-Income Countries ; Table A1.6 Full Immunization Inequalities in Low- and Middle-Income CountriesTable A1.7 Antenatal Care (Three or More Visits) Inequalities in Low- and Middle-Income Countries; Table A1.8 Contraception (Women) Inequalities in Low- and Middle-Income Countries; Table A1.9 Attended Delivery Inequalities in Low- and Middle-Income Countries; 2. Approaching a Complex and Persistent Problem; Figure 2.1 Determinants of Health Outcomes: The PRSP Pathways Framework; Box 2.1 Why Did Safar Banu Die?; Figure 2.2 Eight Steps to Effective Use of Health Services by the Poor ; Table A2.1 Potential for Multisectoral Synergies to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals for Health and Nutrition
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 se
• Titolo autorizzato: Attacking inequality in the health sector
• ISBN: 1-281-95969-3; 9786611959692; 0-8213-7740-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910824668903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: World Bank e-Library.