The economics of health equity / edited by Di McIntyre, Gavin Mooney.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McIntyre, Di.

Mooney, Gavin H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health services accessibility.

Discrimination in medical care.

Medical economics.

Physical Description:

xvi, 276 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Summary:

This book is about equity in health and healthcare. It explores why, despite being seen as an important goal, health equity has not made more progress within countries and globally, what needs to change for there to be greater success in delivering fairness. An international team of eminent experts primarily from the field of health economics describe how equity in health and health care might develop over the next decade. They examine existing and past barriers to promoting equity, citing case examples and covering issues including access to health services and inequalities between and within countries. The analyses are detailed, but the issues are approached in an accessible fashion, highlighting the factors of common international relevance. This book provides a manifesto for achieving health equity for the future. It will be essential reading for health and social policy makers nationally and internationally.

Contents:

Section 2 Equity in general 11

2 Health and health inequalities in a neo-liberal global world / David Coburn, Elaine S. Coburn 13

3 Governing the market in health care: the social and political requirements / Amiya Kumar Bagchi 36

4 Equity in the context of diversity of culture and diversity of economic systems / Gavin Mooney 59

5 Beware of the libertarian wolf in the clothing of the egalitarian sheep: an essay on the need to clarify ends and means / Alan Maynard 77

Section 3 Health service access 101

6 Exploring the dimensions of access / Michael Thiede, Patricia Akweongo, Di McIntyre 103

7 Acceptability, trust and equity / Lucy Gilson 124

Section 4 Equity and health systems 149

8 International migration and extreme health inequality: robust arguments and institutions for international redistribution in health care / Maureen Mackintosh 151

9 Pay the piper and call the tune: changing health care financing mechanisms to address public-private health sector mix inequities / Di McIntyre 174

Section 5 Lessons from individual countries 197

10 Equity in health financing, resource allocation and health service utilization in Brazil: past, present and future / Silvia Marta Porto, Claudia Travassos, Maria Alicia Dominguez Uga, Isabela Soares Santos 199

11 Improving health-related information systems to monitor equity in health: lessons from Thailand / Viroj Tangcharoensathien, Supon Limwattananon, Phusit Prakongsai 222

Section 6 Future action 247

12 Where now with equity? / Di McIntyre, Gavin Mooney 249.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780521705066

0521705061

OCLC:

154682521