Inequalities in Health in Developing Countries: Swimming Against the Tide?

Inequalities in health have recently started to receive a good deal of attention in the developing world. But how large are they? An how large are the differences across countries? Recent data from a 42-country study, show large, but varying inequa...

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Main Author:	Wagstaff, Adam
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, D.C 2013
Subjects:	AID PROGRAMS AVERAGE INCOME AVERAGE INCOMES COMPARATIVE STUDIES CONSTANT ELASTICITY CONSTANT PRICES CROSS-COUNTRY COMPARISONS CROSS-COUNTRY DIFFERENCES DEATHS DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS DECREASING FUNCTION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT GOALS DIFFERENCES IN INCOME DIMINISHING RETURNS DISEASE CONTROL ECONOMIC GROWTH EMPIRICAL REGULARITIES HEALTH CARE HEALTH COSTS HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH OUTCOMES HOSPITAL CARE HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLDS INCIDENCE ANALYSIS INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS INCOME ELASTICITY INCOME GROUPS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVEL INCOMES INEQUALITY INFANT MORTALITY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS LOW INCOMES MALNUTRITION MEDICAL CARE MONEY INCOME MORBIDITY MORTALITY MORTALITY RATES MOTHERS NEGATIVE SIGN NEGATIVE SLOPE NUTRITION PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOMES POLICY MEASURES POLICY RESEARCH POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP POVERTY REDUCTION PRODUCTION FUNCTION PUBLIC SERVICES RADIO REGIONAL DIFFERENCES RURAL POPULATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES INEQUITY INCOME INEQUALITIES PUBLIC HEALTH FINANCE PUBLIC SPENDING TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE HEALTH POLICY CROSS-COUNTRY EXPERIENCE COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS DECOMPOSITION METHOD NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/02/1721477/inequalities-health-developing-countries-swimming-against-tide http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14858

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