Unfair differences in healthcare access, utilisation, quality or health outcomes exist between
and within countries around the world. Improving health equity is a stated objective for many …

(1) Background: The rational allocation of limited medical resources is the premise of
safeguarding the public health. Especially since the outbreak of COVID-19, the evolution …

The Indonesian government has made some ambitious steps to achieve Universal Health
Coverage through the newly formed National Health Insurance [Jaminan Kesehatan …

Direct subsidization of healthcare services has been widely used in many countries to
improve health outcomes. It is commonly believed that the poor are the main beneficiaries …

Objectives Promoting equity in healthcare resource allocation (EHRA) has become a critical
political agenda of governments at all levels since the ambitious Universal Health Coverage …

Health inequalities are a perennial concern for policymakers and in service delivery to
ensure fair and equitable access and outcomes. As health inequalities are socially …

It has been suggested that as medicine advances and mortality declines, socioeconomic
disparities in health outcomes will grow. Yet, most research on this topic uses data from …

The analysis of efficiency in health care has largely focussed either on individual health care
providers, or on sub-national health systems conceived as a unique decision-making unit …

Protecting residents' health and improving equality are important goals of the United Nations
Sustainable Development Goals. The recent outbreak of COVID-19 has placed a heavy …

Equal access to health services is one of the priorities of health policy. We assumed, that
equitable health service was a consequence of even resource allocation. The aim of the …