AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF DIRECT PAYMENT FOR HEALTH SERVICES
IN URBAN ZAMBIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR EQUITY
The thesis discusses health financing policy, introducing or enhancing direct payment for health services in low income countries from a viewpoint of equity through theoretical and empirical economic analysis using the case of urban Zambia. It analyses equity implications of alternative direct payment mechanisms to user fee. These alternative payment mechanisms are compared with the theory of consumer''s choice in an econometric framework. Two theoretical models: demand for alternative payment mechanisms and demand for health services under chosen direct payment mechanisms, are elaborated applying expected utility theory and the l…
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Weitere Autoren: McPake, Barbara
- ISBN: 978-3-8383-6575-6
- EAN: 9783838365756
- Produktnummer: 37658298
- Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 432 S.
- Masse: H22.0 cm x B15.0 cm x D2.6 cm 661 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 661
Über den Autor
Masahide Kondo is Associate Professor in Health Care Policy & Management at University of Tsukuba, Japan. He studied at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and received his PhD from University of London. Prof. Barbara McPake is Director of Institute for International Health & Development at Queen Margaret University, Scotland.
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