This paper describes approaches to the measurement and explanation of income-related inequality and inequity in health … care financing, health care utilization and health and considers the applicability and the feasibility of these methods in … structure of health finance in low-income countries, in particular the heavy reliance on out-of-pocket payments, means that the …

Background: Concerns about rising health care costs require rigorous economic study to inform clinical and policy … methodological and reporting quality through economic evaluation guidelines (Evers, Drummond, Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation … Reporting Standards (CHEERS), Fukuda and Imanaka checklists). Following the Panel on Cost Effectiveness in Health and Medicine …