Equity and Health Sector Reforms: Can Low-Income Countries Escape the Medical Poverty Trap?

Published By: The Lancet | Published Date: September, 08 , 2001

The 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(519)


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