ABOUT THE BOOK

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    Accession Number

 316

    Title

 Attacking inequality in the health sector: synthesis of evidence and tools

    Author

 Yazbeck, Abdo S

    Publisher

 World Bank

    ISBN

 978-0-8213-7444-3

     Summary

Attacking inequality in the health sector distills the operational knowledge relevant to attacking health sector inequality and uses available empirical evidence to answer two critical questions: why is there persistent inequality in health care? What can be done about it? Using 14 evaluated, proven successes and an exhaustive literature review, this book serves as a practical “how to” manual for defining, understanding, and effectively addressing the problems of inequality in health service use. It will be of particular interest to policy makers, advocates in civil society, and development agencies that are committed to improving health service use by the poor and socially vulnerable.