Social inequalities in the use of health care services after 8 years of health care reforms – a comparative study of the Baltic countries

2009 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 250-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jarno Habicht ◽  
Raul-Allan Kiivet ◽  
Triin Habicht ◽  
Anton E Kunst
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Health Care Reforms ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Baltic Countries ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
Use Of Health Care

scholarly journals Use of health care services by Afghan, Iranian, and Somali refugees and asylum seekers living in The Netherlands

2006 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 394-399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annette A. M. Gerritsen ◽  
Inge Bramsen ◽  
Walter Devillé ◽  
Loes H. M. van Willigen ◽  
Johannes E. Hovens ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Somali Refugees ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Refugees And Asylum Seekers ◽  
Use Of Health Care

Substantive Equality in South African Health Care: The Limits of Law

2000 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Ngwena
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
South African ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Health Care Reforms ◽  
Structural Inequality ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Substantive Equality ◽  
African Health ◽  
Access To Health

The article considers the scope and limits of law as an instrument for facilitating equitable access to health care in South Africa. The focus is on exploring the extent to which the notion of substantive equality in access to health care services that is implicitly guaranteed by the Constitution and supported by current health care reforms, is realisable for patients seeking treatment. The article highlights the gap between the idea of substantive equality in the Constitution and the resources at the disposal of the health care sector and the country as a whole. It is submitted that though formal equality in access to health care services has been realised, substantive equality is currently unattainable, if it is attainable at all, on account of entrenched structural inequality, general poverty and a high burden of disease.

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