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

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Yazbeck, Abdo
Autor Corporativo: World Bank
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : World Bank, ©2009.
Colección:World Bank e-Library.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.