...Roger A. Atinga; Anita A. Baku Purpose To achieve Goal 5 of the MDGs, the Government of Ghana introduced the free maternal health service system to break financial barriers of access to maternal care services. In spite of this, facility‐based deliveries continue to be low due partly to poor...

... puzzling over “need” to be as contemporary as ever. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Resource management Classification Personal health Health services Social economics Multiple, confusing conceptions about health need are currently in use. “Need” is a word heard in other...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Health services Education Poverty Income Islam Distribution of wealth Using a sample of over 3,000 predominantly poor pre‐school age children from Ecuador, Paxson and Shady (2005) show that wealth and parental education have a positive impact...

... database containing records on the determinants of CS to study the effects of hospital complexity and private financing and controlling for clinical and social determinants. The data refer to the entire population deliveries data from year 2003 as collected by the Catalan Health Service (Conjunt Mínim de...

.... Since the 1980s, when the Nigerian witnessed a downturn in its economy, budgetary provision for health services in Nigeria significantly plummeted. Budgetary provisions for healthcare services have been far less than the 5 percent of total budgetary outlay as recommended by the World Health Organization...

... and opportunities. Naren Prasad can be contacted at: prasadn@ilo.org © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Pacific region Islands Social economics Social policy Education sector Health services Social development is a complex process determined by many factors. Research has...

... As a mechanism for understanding how individual economic studies fit into the mental health sector, a conceptual framework of the components of mental health service provision is outlined. Emphasis is placed on, not simply institutional and market resources, but also on the services provided by relatives, self...

...D.P. Doessel; Ruth F.G. Williams The production of specialist psychiatric services in Australia reflects the “mixed” system of public and private production of health services generally. This paper, an exercise in descriptive or positive economics, is concerned only with private production, i.e...

... to improve access and utilization of health services for uninsured adults. This paper revisits where the health care debate has been over the last decade, system stresses currently being felt by providers in caring for the uninsured population, and the adequacy of the care which they receive. In addition...

...) and the diagonal. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Social class Income Health services Social economics Table III provides the results of the relative inequality (β₁ and β₂ obtained using standardised and unstandarded ill health rates), concentration index (C...

... own (expected) earnings (from improved health) as collateral. In addition, in order to achieve desired “equity” or distributional objectives, then providing subsidy to various groups can be justified, provided that proper targeting can be implemented. Thus health services have to be identified...