The paper surveys the economics literature on equity in health care financing and delivery. The focus is, for the most part, on empirical work, especially that involving international and temporal comparisons. There is, however, some discussion of the concept and definition of equity. The...

The objectives of this study are to describe experiences in price setting and how pricing has been used to attain better coverage, quality, financial protection, and health outcomes. It builds on newly commissioned case studies and lessons learned in calculating prices, negotiating with...

We discuss the conceptual foundations of measuring (in)equity in health and health care. After an overview of the recent developments in the measurement of socioeconomic inequalities and in racial disparities, we show how these partial approaches can be seen as special cases of the more general...

Abstract: Während technischer Fortschritt prinzipiell als wohlfahrtserhöhend gilt, ist seine Rolle im Gesundheitswesen weniger eindeutig. Zwar verbessert er Lebensqualität und -erwartung, ist aber auch eine wichtige Ursache steigender Gesundheitsausgaben. Die Arbeit zeigt Wege zu einem...