The present paper outlines measures of disparity in healthcare access and health outcomes, drawing from the … variables of the health system might wield more influence over health and health care disparities than the overarching features … defining our health system taxonomy. Finally, it will be analyzed how differences in healthcare use and health outcomes within …

In 1988, the Brazilian Constitution established the Unified Health System (Sistema Único de Saúde, or SUS), based on … universal access to health services, with health defined as a citizenś right, and access to health services as an obligation of … household per capita income increased, and poverty and social inequality significantly declined. In the health sector, the …

In less than a decade, China transformed its inadequate, unjust health care system in order to provide basic universal … health coverage (UHC) for its people. What forces made it possible for China to achieve this? What kind of transformation … UHC in basic health services, this does not mean that everyone has equal access to the same quality of affordable health …

To address problems of inadequate public health services, escalating private healthcare costs and widening health … inequalities, the South African government has launched a radical new proposal to introduce a universal health system for all South … Africans; National Health Insurance (NHI). While most attention has been thus far devoted to the economics and fiscal …

Individuals should be entitled to a "fair innings", and the primary role of health systems should be the prevention of …-à-vis the former level. Nevertheless, primary health systems continue to focus almost exclusively on child mortality. They need … to make a health system transition and get engaged in the prevention of risk factors, morbidity and mortality related to …