Health, economic development, and household poverty : from understanding to action edited by Sara Bennett, Lucy Gilson, and Anne Mills

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: ENG Series: Routledge international studies in health economics ; 5Publication details: Milton Park, Abingdon ; New York : Routledge, 2007Description: xviii, 276 p. ; 24 cm ill., graphsISBN:
  • 9780415344289 (hb)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.47 22
LOC classification:
  • RA410.55.D48 H3985 2007
NLM classification:
  • WA 395
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references 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.