Unfair inequalities in health and health care

Unfair inequalities in health and health care.

Inequalities in health and health care are caused by different factors. Measuring "unfair" inequalities implies that a distinction is introduced between causal variables leading to ethically legitimate inequalities and causal variables leading to ethically illegitimate inequalities. An example of the former could be life-style choices, an example of the latter is social background. We show how ...

Health inequalities in primary care.

Aversion to health inequalities and priority setting in health care.

Traditionally aversion to health inequality is modelled through a concave utility function over health outcomes. Bleichrodt et al. [Bleichrodt, H., Diecidue E., Quiggin J., 2004. Equity weights in the allocation of health care: the rank-dependent QALY model. Journal of Health Economics 23, 157-171] have suggested a "dual" approach based on the introduction of explicit equity weights. The purpos...

Health inequalities in the decentralised Spanish health care system

The work of ANAEM is complemented by that undertaken within accommodation centres for asylum applicants that are run by CADA under ANAEM supervision.4 Here again, epidemiological investigations are undertaken. Monitoring procedures, like those used for type II diabetes, allow immigrants to assume personal responsibility for their own health when medical conditions are at a less advanced stage. ...

Health care utilization among older Mexicans: health and socioeconomic inequalities.

OBJECTIVE To examine the determinants of the utilization of health care services among the population of older adults in Mexico. Three types of health care services are analyzed: preventive care, visits to the doctor, and hospitalizations. MATERIAL AND METHODS Data was used from the 2001 Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS/ENASEM) and estimates were made using multivariate probit regression ...