Title Health inequality and development / edited by Mark McGillivray, Indranil Dutta and David Lawson

Published Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

Click on the following:
ProQuest Ebook Central
Springer eBooks
Springer Economics & Finance eBooks

Copies

Description 1 online resource (xvi, 200 pages) : illustrations Series Studies in development economics and policy Studies in development economics and policy. Contents 1. Health Inequality and Development: Achieving Better Health in Developing Countries -- 2. Measurement and Explanation of Inequality in Health and Health Care in Low-Income Settings -- 3. Global Inequality in Health: Disparities in Human Longevity among Countries -- 4. Determinants of Child Weight and Height in Sri Lanka: A Quantile Regression Approach -- 5. Environmental Determinants of Child Mortality in Kenya -- 6. How Growth and Related Instabilities Lower Child Survival -- 7. Intra-Household Arrangements and Adult Health Satisfaction:Evidence From Mexico -- 8. Individual and Collective Resources and Women's Health in Morocco -- 9. Health and Female Labour Market Participation: The Case of Uganda -- Index Summary "This book investigates issues related to health inequality with a particular interest on developing countries. It provides rigorous empirical work on both trends and causal factors behind health inequality, analyzes the implications of health deprivations on poverty traps and suggests practical policies which can be implemented"-- Provided by publisher Notes "In association with the United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Social medicine -- Developing countries Equality -- Health aspects -- Developing countries Public health -- Social aspects -- Developing countries Health Status Disparities Developing Countries Health economics -- Developing countries. Development economics -- Developing countries. Health systems & services -- Developing countries. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Economic Development. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Economic Policy. HEALTH & FITNESS -- Health Care Issues. MEDICAL -- Public Health. MEDICAL -- Health Policy. HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General. MEDICAL -- Diseases. MEDICAL -- Health Care Delivery. Economics. Equality -- Health aspects Public health -- Social aspects Social medicine Health economics -- Developing countries. Development economics & emerging economies -- Developing countries. Health systems & services -- Developing countries. Economics. Developing countries Form Electronic book Author McGillivray, Mark. Dutta, Indranil, 1972- Lawson, David, 1971- LC no. 2010050929 ISBN 9780230280656 023028065X 9780230304673 0230304672 1282999737 9781282999732

  Permalink