As health care costs rise, so too does the importance of assessing their incidence, and factoring these costs into … also for households’ health expenditures. Standard measures of the effect of government policy on the distribution of …-government income by treating households’ health care costs similarly across countries. The results show the degree of bias in common …

Objective: To study cross-national inequalities in mortality of adults and of children aged <5 years using a novel … into distinct mortality categories by cluster analysis. Conclusions: Inequalities in child and adult mortality are large …, are growing, and are related to several economic, social and health sector variables. Global efforts to deal with this …

Background: A world divided by health inequalities poses ethical challenges for global health. International and … health justice. Aim: To study why global health inequalities are morally troubling, why efforts to reduce them are morally … obligations of international and state actors in reducing global health inequalities are outlined. The ethical principles endorsed …

Background Universal health coverage (UHC) aims to provide quality healthcare services and safeguard the population … from the fnancial burden of catastrophic health expenditure. Its primary objectives are to improve longevity and enhance …) and explores whether public health programs can reduce social inequality. By employing SWB inequality as a measure, we go …