Equity in Health Financing

Diana De Graeve; Ke Xu; Raf Van Gestel

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-803678-5.00187-9

Equity in Health Financing

Diana De Graeve^*, Ke Xu, Raf Van Gestel

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Abstract

Fairness in the finance of health care relates to the distribution of health-care payments across the population and is an important issue for most health-care systems. The focus is on whether payments for health care are in accordance with ability to pay and on whether households are protected against catastrophic expenses.This article describes and discusses the methodologies used in measuring both (in)equity concepts. Further an overview is given of empirical results covering developed as well as developing countries. Finally, some policy concerns about improving equity are highlighted.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	International Encyclopedia of Public Health
Publisher	Elsevier Inc.
Pages	569-576
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9780128037089
ISBN (Print)	9780128036785
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-803678-5.00187-9
Publication status	Published - 6 Oct 2016
Externally published	Yes

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