Health, economic development and household poverty : from understanding to action / edited by Sara Bennett, Lucy Gilson and Anne Mills.
Contributor(s): Bennett, Sara
| Gilson, Lucy | Mills, Anne.
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TextSeries: Routledge international studies in health economics. Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2008Description: xx, 276 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780415344289; 041534428X; 9780203023570 (ebk.); 0203023579 (ebk.).Subject(s): Medical economics -- Developing countries | Economic development -- Health aspects -- Developing countries | Poverty -- Health aspects -- Developing countries | Health services accessibility -- Developing countries | Medical policy -- Developing countries | Medical care -- Developing countries | Delivery of Health Care -- economics | Developing Countries | Health Policy -- economics | PovertyDDC classification: 338.473621091724 Online resources: Table of contents only | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-265) and index.
Health, economic development, and household poverty : the role of the health sector / Anne Mills, Sara Bennett, Lucy Gilson -- The consequences of population health for economic performance / Marcella Alsan ... [et al.] -- Illness and labour productivity : a case study from rural Kenya / Sydney Rosen, Jonathon Simon, and Matthew Fox -- Access and equity : evidence on the extent to which health services address the needs of the poor / Natasha Palmer -- Illness, health service costs and their consequences for households / Di McIntyre and Michael Thiede -- Coping with the costs of illness : vulnerability and resilience among poor households in urban Sri Lanka / Steven Russell -- Alternative approaches to extending health services to the poorest / Sara Bennett -- Targeting services towards the poor : a review of targeting mechanisms and their effectiveness / Kara Hanson, Eve Worrall, and Virginia Wiseman -- Protecting the poor from the cost of services through health financing reform / Sara Bennett and Lucy Gilson -- Building voice and agency of poor people in health : public action within health systems / Rene Loewenson -- Improving equity in health through health financing reform: a case study of the introduction of universal coverage in Thailand / Supasit Pannarunothai -- Promoting access, financial protection and empowerment for the poor : Vimo SEWA in India / M. Kent Ranson, Tara Sinha, and Mirai Chatterjee -- Conclusions : from evidence to action / Sara Bennett, Lucy Gilson, and Anne Mills.