Health, Economic Development and Household Poverty (eBook, ePUB)

From Understanding to Action
Redaktion: Bennett, Sara; Mills, Anne; Gilson, Lucy

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Accessible and edited by authors based at a top institution, this book provides readers with an excellent summary in an easy-to-read style of this burgeoning field of research.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. September 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134287666
• Artikelnr.: 38261153

Autorenporträt

Sara Bennett is the Manager of the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, based at the World Health Organization. Lucy Gilson is Professor of Health Policy and Systems at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Associate Professor at the Centre for Health Policy at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa. Anne Mills is Professor of Health Economics and Policy at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Health, Economic Development and Household Poverty: The Role of the
Health Sector Part A: Health, Development and Poverty 2. The Consequences
of Population Health for Economic Performance 3. Illness and Labour
Productivity: A Case Study from Rural Kenya Part B: The Effectiveness of
Health Care Systems in Addressing the Needs of the Poor 4. Access and
Equity: Evidence on the Extent to Which Health Services Address the Needs
of the Poor 5. Illness, Health Service Costs and their Consequences for
Households 6. Coping with the Costs of Illness: Vulnerability and
Resilience among Poor Households in Urban Sri Lanka Part C: Restructuring
Health Care Systems to Reach the Poor 7. Alternative Approaches to
Extending Health Services to the Poorest 8. Targeting Services Towards the
Poor: A Review of Targeting Mechanisms and their Effectiveness 9.
Protecting the Poor from the Cost of Services through Health Financing
Reform 10. Building Voice and Agency of Poor People in Health: Public
Action within Health Systems 11. Improving Equity in Health Through Health
Financing Reform: A Case Study of the Introduction of Universal Coverage in
Thailand 12. Promoting Access, Financial Protection and Empowerment for the
Poor: Vimo SEWA in India 13. Conclusions: From Evidence to Action