The central aim of this text is to show the impact institutions have on the performance of the health sector in … Mozambique. The text shows that of the social determinants of health, institutions play a central role in the performance of the … Mozambican health sector-and, through it, economic and social development-particularly for the poorer and more vulnerable, such …

Vietnam has dealt historically with health as a valuable asset, a resource that was distributed in an equal manner to … all citizens through the development of a wide and inclusive grassroots health network during the 1970s. Since then, the … health system has developed - in parallel to the country's economy and shifts in policy - from a free-for-all service of a …

Researchers often rely on household survey data to investigate health disparities and the incidence and prevalence of … illness. These self-reported health measures are often biased due to information asymmetry or differences in reference groups …. Using the World Health Organization study on global ageing and adult health, I find that the poor use a different reporting …