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Subject: WHO article: Poverty and health sector inequalities
Poverty and health sector inequalities
Adam Wagstaff
Bulletin of the World Health Organization February, 2002; 80:97-105
Based on: Wagstaff A. Poverty and health
(CMH Working Paper Series, Paper No. WG1: 5. Available at: URL:
www.cmhealth.org/wg1_paper5.pdf).
WHO Bulletin:
http://www.who.int/bulletin/pdf/2002/bul-2-E-2002/80(2)97-105.pdf
"......... Poverty and ill-health are intertwined. Poor countries tend to
have worse health outcomes than better-off countries. Within countries, poor
people have worse health outcomes than better-off people. This association
reflects causality running in both directions: poverty breeds ill-health,
and ill-health keeps poor people poor. The evidence on inequalities in
health between the poor and non-poor and on the consequences for
impoverishment and income inequality associated with health care expenses is
discussed in this article.
An outline is given of what is known about the causes of inequalities and
about the effectiveness of policies intended to combat them. It is argued
that too little is known about the impacts of such policies, notwithstanding
a wealth of measurement techniques and considerable evidence on the extent
and causes of inequalities........"
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