Attacking inequality in the health sector
Subtitle: a synthesis of evidence and tools
By: Abdo S. Yazbeck.
Contributors: World Bank.
Publisher: World Bank; World Bank Publications
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780821374443
Subjects: Equality -- Health aspects; Health services accessibility; Poor -- Medical care -- Cross-cultural studies; World health; Healthcare Disparities; Cross-Cultural Comparison; Developing Countries; Health Policy; Health Status Disparities; Socioeconomic Factors
Genres: Cross-cultural studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: An unacceptable reality; title: Approaching a complex and persistent problem; title: The importance of listening; title: A menu of pro-poor policies; title: Brazil, filling the cracks in universal coverage; title: Cambodia, contracting NGOs for serving the poor; title: Cambodia, health equity fund for the poor; title: Chile, integrated services program for the poor; title: Colombia, expanding health insurance for the poor; title: India, community-based health care services; title: Kenya, expanding immunization reach through campaigns; title: Kyrgyz Republic, health financing reform and the poor; title: Mexico, paying the poor to use health services; title: Mexico, providing subsidized health insurance to the poor; title: Nepal, participatory planning; title: Rwanda, community-based health insurance; title: Tanzania, social marketing for malaria prevention; title: Vigilance.