Child health: Equity in the non-industrialized countries

Police, Equity, and Child Health.

, number 3 , March 2016 :e 20152711 From Oakland and Ferguson, to Cleveland and Baltimore, cities across the country mourn young African-Americans whose tragic deaths, following contentious encounters with police, illustrate the violent exchange that can erupt between law enforcement and people of color. Because police are vital pillars of community safety, these events raise important question...

Health care expenditures in nine industrialized countries, 1960-76.

This article reports the findings of a study developed to compare health care costs in the United States with those of eight other industrially advanced countries over the period 1960-76. All of the countries studied were found to share with the United States the problem of increased health care spending that has outpaced inflation in other sectors of the economy and continues to consume a grow...

Health expenditures in major industrialized countries, 1960-87

In this article, levels and changes in health care expenditures for Canada, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States are analyzed. First, the levels and changes in the share of gross domestic product (GDP) devoted to health are reviewed in terms of the health-to-GDP ratio, nominal health expenditure and GDP growth, and changes in populatio...

Diet and Associated Risk Factors in High-Risk Groups in Industrialized and Non-Industrialized Countries

Equity and community child health.

Paediatricians have always played a leading part in ensuring that local child health services are of the best possible quality and are most suited to the needs of the local population. Three important dimensions of the quality of health services are that they should be effective and that they should be delivered efficiently and equitably. 2 These three dimensions apply to the child health servi...