This paper shows how value judgments can be explicitly recognized in measuring health ineqalities between the poor and … the better-off, and how such inequalities can be included in assessments of countries' health indicators …

poverty in terms of consumption (or income) is the overriding issue in poor countries, and (2) the only thing that really … matters to reducing absolute income poverty is the rate of economic growth. The author takes (1) as given but questions (2 …, influences the extent of poverty today and the prospects for rapid poverty reduction in the future. "--World Bank web site …

health shocks affect income, consumption, labor market outcomes, and medical expenditures in middle- and low-income countries … income is less important for the insured, possibly because health insurance coverage is also associated with limited sickness … considerable health-related shocks to disposable income, both through loss of income and health expenditures, and that health …