This paper looks at differential progress on the health Millennium Development Goals between the poor and better …-off within countries. The findings are based on original analysis of 235 Demographic and Health Surveys and Multiple Indicator … Cluster Surveys, spanning 64 developing countries over the period 1990-2011. Five health status indicators and seven …

This paper looks at differential progress on the health Millennium Development Goals between the poor and better …-off within countries. The findings are based on original analysis of 235 Demographic and Health Surveys and Multiple Indicator … Cluster Surveys, spanning 64 developing countries over the period 1990-2011. Five health status indicators and seven …

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 …

This paper provides an overview of research on out-of-pocket health expenditures, reviewing the various summary … and health system indicators. Large differences emerge across countries in per capita out-of-pocket expenditures in 2011 … health. The two measures of dispersion or risk-the coefficient of variation and Q90/Q50-are only weakly correlated across …