Gao, Jun | 2001
- Author(s): Gao, Jun
- Publisher:
- Pages: 302--312
- Keywords: health services, family income, health economics, urban areas, china
Using the data from the national household health surveys conducted in 1993 and 1998 in urban China, this paper presents empirical results of changing utilization of health care among different income groups.
Garcia Prado, Ariadna and Peٌa, Christine Lao | 2010
- Author(s): Garcia Prado, Ariadna and Peٌa, Christine Lao
- Publisher: World bank
- Pages: --
- Keywords: health services, health care delivery, health economics, community participation, honduras
This study compares the accessibility, quality, costs, efficiency, and the institutional arrangements of two basic health care provision models in Honduras: a traditional Ministry of Health public health care one versus a community based one also known as \"alternative\" or \"public-social\".
Garrett, Laurie and Chowdhury, A. Mushtaque R. and Pablos-Méndez, Ariel | 2009
- Author(s): Garrett, Laurie and Chowdhury, A. Mushtaque R. and Pablos-Méndez, Ariel
- Publisher: The Lancet
- Pages: 1294--1299
- Keywords: health services, health insurance, poverty
This paper discusses the introduction of universal health coverage through insurance schemes that initially target special groups as very poor people. This is a strategic approach that is gaining traction. This call is a health aspiration, offering antipoverty and pro-rights agendas.
Gherezghiher, Tseggai | 2009
- Author(s): Gherezghiher, Tseggai
- Publisher: Medicus Mundi Schweiz (MMS)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: health policy, health programmes, poverty, eritrea
This article is about the experience of a five year Community Based Health Care (CBHC) project in Eritrea, to improve access to health care at community level through a change in health seeking behaviour and establishment of essential care package at the community level.
Gilson, Lucy | 2007
- Author(s): Gilson, Lucy
- Publisher: WHO. Commission on the social determinants of health]
- Pages: --
- Keywords: health, health care delivery, poverty
The report gives 6 recommendations and says in conclusion that both technical analysis and political commitment are needed to strengthen health systems and address health inequity. The goal must be to lever positive cycles of health system change that build their own momentum towards health equity.