Inequalities in health care use and expenditures: empirical data from eight developing countries and countries in transition

This paper summarizes eight country studies of inequality in the health sector. The analyses use household data to examine the distribution of service use and health expenditures. Each study divides the population into "income" quintiles, estimated using consumption expenditures. The studi...

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Main Authors: M Makinen, H Waters, M Rauch, N Almagambetova, R Bitran, L Gilson, D McIntyre, S Pannarunothai, A.L Prieto, G Ubilla, S Ram
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2000-01-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862000000100006&lng=en&tlng=en