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Crisis Prevention: Tackling Horizontal Inequalities [PDF]

Oxford Development Studies, 2000
This paper analyses the economic and social causes of conflict, drawing conclusions for conflict prevention. Civil wars normally occur when groups mobilize against each other, on the basis of some cultural characteristic like ethnicity or religion. It is suggested that horizontal inequalities, i.e.
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An economy-related equity analysis of health service utilization by women in economically underdeveloped regions of western China

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2017
Background The Chinese government has long been committed to eliminating the inequality in the utilization of health services; however, it still lacks an analysis or measurement of the economy-related inequality in the utilization of women’s health ...
Yuyan Qian, Zhongliang Zhou, Ju’e Yan, Jianmin Gao, Yuping Wang, Xiaowei Yang, Yongjian Xu, Yanli Li   +7 more
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Inequity in health care utilization for common childhood illnesses in India: measurement and decomposition analysis using the India demographic and health survey 2015–16

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background Though child mortality has dropped remarkably, it is considerably high in South Asia. Across the globe, 5.2 million children under 5 years of age died in 2019, and India accounts for a significant portion of these deaths.
Tulasi Malini Maharatha, Umakant Dash
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Research on the horizontal equity of inpatient benefits among NCMS enrollees in China: evidence from Shaanxi Province

BMC Health Services Research, 2018
Background Equity is an important goal for countries in formulating relevant health policies, and research on the equity of health services is more important for China, where the gap between the rich and poor is widening.
Jue Yan, Yangling Ren, Zhongliang Zhou, Tiange Xu, Xiao Wang, Leilei Du, Yafei Si   +6 more
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Fordelingseffekter av skattereformen i 2006

Tidsskrift for Samfunnsforskning, 2012
FORDELINGSEFFEKTER AV SKATTEREFORMEN I 2006 Skattereformen i 2006 ga endringer i skattereglene som hver for seg trekker i ulike retninger når det gjelder effekter på inntektsfordelingen.
Thor Olav Thoresen, Erlend Eide Bø, Erik Fjærli, Elin Halvorsen   +3 more
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Macro Adjustment Policies and Horizontal Inequalities [PDF]

, 2008
While there has been a considerable amount of analysis on the impact of structural adjustment policies on poverty and inequality among individuals (or what we define here as vertical inequality – VI), there has been almost none into the impact of structural adjustment on inequality between culturally defined groups, or horizontal inequality (HI ...
Langer, A, Stewart, F
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The Impact of Air Pollution Controls on Health and Health Inequity Among Middle-Aged and Older Chinese: Evidence From Panel Data

International Journal of Public Health
ObjectivesWe evaluated the long-term effects of air pollution controls on health and health inequity among Chinese >45 years of age.MethodsData were derived from the China Health Aging and Retirement Longitudinal Survey and the China National ...
Yaxin Zhao, Zixuan Peng, Zhongliang Zhou, Xiaohui Zhai, Shaoqing Gong, Chi Shen, Tianci Zhang, Dantong Zhao, Dan Cao   +8 more
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Horizontal healthcare utilization inequity in patients with rare diseases in Korea

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2023
Background Rare diseases (RDs) are difficult to diagnose and expensive to treat. Thus, the South Korean government has implemented several policies to help RD patients, including the Medical Expense Support Project, supporting low- to middle-income RD ...
Daewon Kang, Sang-Eun Choi
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Comparing the income-related inequity of tested prevalence and self-reported prevalence of hypertension in China

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2018
Background Hypertension has become a global health challenge given its high prevalence and but low awareness and detection. Whether the actual prevalence of hypertension has been estimated is important, especially for the poor.
Min Su, Yafei Si, Zhongliang Zhou, Chi Shen, Wanyue Dong, Xiaojing Fan, Xiao Wang, Xiaolin Wei   +7 more
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Horizontal inequality as an outcome [PDF]

Oxford Development Studies, 2018
A considerable body of research suggests that horizontal inequality between ethnic groups has major socioeconomic implications, in particular for peace and economic development.
Carla Canelas, Rachel M. Gisselquist
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