Equity and Health Sector Reforms: Can Low-Income Countries Escape the Medical Poverty Trap?
Published By: The Lancet | Published Date: September, 08 , 2001The paper discusses two of the trends in market-oriented health-sector reforms pushed forward from the international institutions, namely: the introduction of user fees for public services and the growth of out-of-pocket expenses for private services leading many families to a medical poverty trap. In analyzing this situation it proposes some possible actions to escape the medical poverty trap.
Author(s): Margaret Whitehead, Goran Dahlgren, Timothy Evans | Posted on: Mar 04, 2014 | Views(464)