Health, economic development, and household poverty
Subtitle: from understanding to action
By: edited by Sara Bennett, Lucy Gilson, and Anne Mills.
Contributors: Bennett, Sara.; Gilson, Lucy.; Mills, Anne.
Series: Routledge international studies in health economics -- 5
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Milton Park, Abingdon; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780415344289
Subjects: Medical economics -- Developing countries; Economic development -- Health aspects -- Developing countries; Poverty -- Health aspects -- Developing countries; Health services accessibility -- Developing countries; Medical policy -- Developing countries; Medical care -- Developing countries; Delivery of Health Care -- economics; Developing Countries; Health Policy -- economics; Poverty
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Health, economic development, and household poverty: the role of the health sector / Anne Mills, Sara Bennett, Lucy Gilson; title: The consequences of population health for economic performance / Marcella Alsan ... [et al.]; title: Illness and labour productivity: a case study from rural Kenya / Sydney Rosen, Jonathon Simon, and Matthew Fox; title: Access and equity: evidence on the extent to which health services address the needs of the poor / Natasha Palmer; title: Illness, health service costs, and their consequences for households / Di McIntyre and Michael Thiede; title: Coping with the costs of illness: vulnerability and resilience among poor households in urban Sri Lanka / Steven Russell; title: Alternative approaches to extending health services to the poorest / Sara Bennett; title: Targeting services towards the poor: a review of targeting mechanisms and their effectiveness / Kara Hanson, Eve Worrall, and Virginia Wiseman; title: Protecting the poor from the cost of services through health financing reform / Sara Bennett and Lucy Gilson; title: Building voice and agency of poor people in health: public action within health systems / Rene Loewenson; title: Improving equity in health through health financing reform: a case study of the introduction of universal coverage in Thailand / Supasit Pannarunothai; title: Promoting access, financial protection and empowerment for the poor: Vimo SEWA in India / M. Kent Ranson, Tara Sinha, and Mirai Chatterjee; title: Conclusions: from evidence to action / Sara Bennett, Lucy Gilson, and Anne Mills.