scholarly journals China’s new cooperative medical scheme and equity in access to health care: evidence from a longitudinal household survey

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Yang
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
New Cooperative Medical Scheme ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
Cooperative Medical Scheme ◽  
Equity In Access

scholarly journals Forum: equity in access to health care. Introduction

2008 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 1159-1161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Travassos
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Access ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Care Access ◽  
Unethical Practices ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
Equity In Access

The Introduction outlines this issue's special Forum on equity in access to health care, including three Articles and a Postscript. The Forum represents a continuation of the debates raised during a seminar organized by the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2006, in collaboration with UNICEF, UNDP, World Bank, the WHO Special Program for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, and the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development. The authors approach health care access and equity from a comprehensive and contemporaneous perspective, introducing a new conceptual framework for access, in which information plays a central role. Trust is proposed as an important value for an equitable health care system. Unethical practices by health administrators and health care professionals are highlighted as hidden critical aspects of inequities in health care. As a whole, the articles represent a renewed contribution for understating inequalities in access, and for building socially just health care systems.

scholarly journals Impact of Health Level on Agricultural Productivity in Cameroon

2020 ◽  
pp. 17-25
Author(s):  
Eric Joel Tchinda Kamdem
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Agricultural Productivity ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
The Public ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
Agricultural Yields ◽  
Care Costs

The objective of this study is to assess the effect of health on agricultural productivity in Cameroon. To achieve this objective, we use the techniques of Propensity Score Matching on data from the fourth Cameroonian household survey (ECAM 4). The results of the analysis show that healthy farmers produce on average than farmers in fragile health. Indeed, healthy farmers produce an average of FCFA 583,601 per hectare. This effect is statistically significant at the 5% threshold. Due to the fact that the level of health improves agricultural yields, we recommend to the public authorities, to facilitate farmers' access to health care through a reduction in health care costs, but also through a multiplication of health centers in rural areas.

scholarly journals Gender Differences in Access to Health Care among the Elderly: Evidence from Southeast Asia

2021 ◽  
Vol 38 (02) ◽  
pp. 59-92
Author(s):  
YANA VAN DER MEULEN RODGERS ◽  
JOSEPH E. ZVEGLICH
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Gender Difference ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Viet Nam ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Access To Health

Populations become increasingly feminized with age. Since older women are more vulnerable to poverty, they may find it more difficult than men to access health care. This study examines factors that may constrain older persons in Southeast Asia from meeting their health-care needs when sick. Our analysis of household survey data from Cambodia, the Philippines, and Viet Nam shows that women are more likely to have reported sickness or injury than men, a difference that is meaningful and statistically significant. While women in Cambodia and the Philippines are more likely to seek treatment than men, the gender difference is reversed in Viet Nam where the stigma and discrimination associated with some diseases may more strongly deter women. The probability of seeking treatment rises with age more sharply for women than men in all countries. However, for the subsample of elders, the gender difference is not significant.

scholarly journals Equity in Access to Health Care Services in Italy

2013 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 950-970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valeria Glorioso ◽  
S. V. Subramanian
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
Equity In Access

scholarly journals Entendiendo la Economía de la Salud: Una revisión de los estudios sobre eficiencia, equidad y desigualdades

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 281
Author(s):  
Marta Pascual Sáez ◽  
David Cantarero Prieto
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Economics ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Future Evolution ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
Equity In Access

This paper examines the current development and influence of health economics to efficiency, equity and inequality issues. Besides, the current status of public and private sectors and their collaboration with health care provision and financing systems is showed. The results suggest that future evolution of health economics will create useful tools for improving quality and equity in access to health care services. Nevertheless, to obtain a comprehensive vision in relation with health economics studies, it is advisable to use a set of complementary measures.

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