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 …

People in Canada and the U.S. often make claims regarding whose country has a better health system. Several researchers … have attempted to address this question by analysing subjective health in the two countries, thus assuming a common … definition of “good” health. Using data from the Joint Canada/U.S. Survey of Health, I generate quasi-objective health indices …