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This paper provides an overview of research on out-of-pocket health expenditures, reviewing the various summary measures and the results of multi-country studies using these measures. The paper presents estimates for 146 countries from all World Bank income groups for all summary measures, along...
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with another process, concept of equity, equality of access and an end-state concept, equality of health. Each, save the …
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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 …
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This paper provides a survey of the recent empirical research on China's ‘old’ health system (i.e. prior to the spate of reforms beginning in 2003). It argues that this research has enhanced our understanding of the system prior to 2003, in some cases reinforcing conclusions (e.g. the...
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