The economics of health equity / edited by Di McIntyre, Gavin Mooney.
| Other author | McIntyre, Di. |
| Other author | Mooney, Gavin H. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, |
| Description | xvi, 276 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Section 1. Introduction. Why this book? / Gavin Mooney and Di McIntyre. Section 2. Equity in general. Health and health inequalities in a neo-liberal global world / David Coburn and Elaine S. Coburn -- Governing the market in health care: the social and political requirements / Amiya Kumar Bagchi -- Equity in the context of diversity of culture and diversity of economic systems / Gavin Mooney -- Beware of the libertarian wolf in the clothing of the egalitarian sheep: an essay on the need to clarify ends and means / Alan Maynard. Section 3. Health service access. Exploring the dimensions of access / Michael Thiede, Patricia Akweongo and Di McIntyre -- Acceptability, trust and equity / Lucy Gilson. Section 4. Equity and health systems. International migration and extreme health inequality: robust arguments and institutions for international redistribution in health care / Maureen Mackintosh -- Pay the piper and call the tune: changing health care financing mechanisms to address public-private health sector mix inequities / Di McIntyre. Section 5. Lessons from individual countries. Equity in health financing, resource allocation and health service utilization in Brazil: past, present and future / Silvia Marta Porto ... [et al.] -- Improving health-related information systems to monitor equity in health: lessons from Thailand / Viroj Tangcharoensathien, Supon Limwattananon and Phusit Prakongsai. Section 6. Future action. Where now with equity? / Di McIntyre and Gavin Mooney. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2008295906 |
| ISBN | 9780521705066 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 0521705061 (pbk.) |
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