This paper outlines changes that have been made in the 2019 version of the Health Equity and Financial Protection … refinements to the estimation of out-of-pocket expenditures. On the health equity side, the 2019 database includes 198 more data …

The extent of premature death and ill health in the developing world is staggering. In 2000 almost 11 million children … the developing world. Death and ill health on such a scale are matters of concern in their own right. They are also a … brake on economic development. These concerns led the international community to put health at the center of the Millennium …

The paper surveys the economics literature on equity in health care financing and delivery. The focus is, for the most … discussion of the concept and definition of equity. The empirical sections cover the literature on equity in health care … financing (progressivity and horizontal equity of health care financing arrangements), equity in health care delivery …

The aim of The Elgar Companion to Health Economics is to take an audience of advanced undergraduates, postgraduates and … researchers to the frontier of research in health economics, by providing them with short and easily readable introductions to key …pt. 1. Population health -- pt. 2. Health care finance, expenditure and use -- pt. 3. Equity in health and health care …

in health economics. It authoritatively covers theoretical and empirical issues in health economics, with a balanced … range of material on equity and efficiency in health care systems, health technology assessment and issues of concern for … chapters have been extensively updated. The Elgar Companion to Health Economics, Second Edition intends to take an audience of …