Title: Disentangling the effects of poverty and place of residence for strategic planning

Authors: Foreit, Karen and Karra, Mahesh and Pandit-Rajani, Tanvi

Place: Washington, DC

Publisher: Futures group

Year: 2010

Journal: Health policy initiative / USAID

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Subject: Health and Poverty

Keywords: health services, health policy, rural areas, urban areas

Abstract: Current poverty-equity analyses typically consider a country as a whole. In most developing countries poverty is highly correlated with place of residence. The development of separate urban and rural wealth indices provides a way out of this dilemma.

URL: http://www.healthpolicyinitiative.com/Publications/Documents/1313_1_QuintileAnalysis_FINAL_acc.pdf

Document type: Portal