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This article raises the problem of equity in the health system in Switzerland. Three dimensions of the concept of equity are taken into consideration: the inequality in the financing of the health system, the inequality in the distri-bution of the state ...
Gaillard, Gabrielle
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EDITOR, - E S Williams and C M Scott comment on our review of some of the weaknesses of the current methods of allocating resources to NHS regions.1 They argue that the age-cost weights in the current formula assume, in their view wrongly, that all elderly people have the same health needs2 and that we should have made this point in our paper.
Nicholas Mays, Ken Judge
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The concern for equity in health [PDF]
Abstract In this chapter I would like to reflect on some foundational questions relating to health equity. Why are we concerned with equity in health, and what is its relationship to equity in general? Should we be more concerned about inequalities in health than about inequalities in other dimensions such as income?
S. Anand
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There is international and local recognition that social and economic factors play a significant role in determining health and well being. Recent policy developments by NSW Health in men’s and women’s health have been based on this recognition.
Andrew J. Gow, Elena Murty
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Abstract ‘The world . . . is not an inn, but a hospital ‘, said Sir Thomas Browne more than three and half centuries ago, in 1643. That is a discouraging, if not entirely surprising, interpretation of the world from the distinguished author of Religio Medici and Pseudodoxia Epidemica. But Browne may not be entirely wrong: even today (not
Amartya Sen
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The health equity mandate [PDF]
ABSTRACT People of color and the poor die younger than the White and prosperous. And when they are alive, they are sicker. Health inequity is morally tragic. But it is also economically inefficient, raising the nation’s healthcare bill and lowering productivity.
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“The Health Equity Curse”: Ethical Tensions in Promoting Health Equity [PDF]
Abstract Background: Public health (PH) practitioners have a strong moral commitment to health equity and social justice. However, PH values often do not align with health systems values, making it challenging for PH practitioners to promote health equity.
Bernie Pauly+5 more
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Background Multisectoral and public–private partnerships are critical in building the necessary infrastructure, policy, and political will to ameliorate health inequity.
Dulce J. Jiménez+7 more
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Background The COVID-19 pandemic has given an unprecedented boost to already increased digital health services, which can place many vulnerable groups at risk of digital exclusion.
A. Kaihlanen+9 more
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