Access to health care in developing countries: breaking down demand side barriers

Cadernos de Saúde Pública

Owen O'donnell¹ 

[1] ,University of Macedonia Department of Balkan, Slavic and Oriental Studies Thessaloniki,Greece

关键词: Health Services Accessibility;    Developing Countries;    Equity;    Acesso aos Serviços de Saúde;    Países em Desenvolvimento;    Eqüidade;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0102-311X2007001200003

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Effective health care interventions are underutilized in the developing world, and income-related disparities in use are large. The evidence concerning this access problem is summarized and its demand side causes are identified. Broad strategies that have been proposed to tackle the access problem through changes in economic incentives are considered. It is argued that there is a need to go beyond the identification of broad strategies to the design and evaluation of specific policy measures. Only through experimentation and evaluation will we learn what works in raising health care utilization, particularly among the poor in the developing world.

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