This study used data from the 2001 Demographic and Health Survey and multilevel logistic
regression models to examine area-and individual-level barriers to the utilization of maternal …

Background The degree to which investments in health programs improve the health of the
most disadvantaged segments of the population—where utilization of health services and …

An analysis of data from the 2000 Demographic and Health Survey shows that little use is
made of antenatal and delivery-care services in rural Haiti. After adjusting for individual-level …

This article examines socio-economic determinants and inequality of health care utilization
in Ecuador. Despite health reform efforts in Latin America, drastic socio-economic …

Abstract Background: The SARS-CoV-2 virus has demonstrated the weakness of many
health systems worldwide, creating a saturation and lack of access to treatments. A …

Performance is seemingly an obsession with governments around the world. As
Frederickson and Smith (2003: 208) point out,'[a] ccountability for conducting the public's …

Interest in the economics of trachoma is high because of the refinement of a strategy to
control trachomatous blindness, an ongoing global effort to eliminate incident blindness from …

Peru's internal conflict resulted in over 69,000 deaths and disappearances from 1980 to
2000. We investigate the long-term health effects on women exposed to this conflict in utero …

The study explored socio-economic and geographic inequalities that exist in healthcare
seeking, expenditures and methods of paying for healthcare. The study was conducted in …

Objectives To compare the sociodemographic characteristics, reasons for attending,
perception of quality and associated out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditures of doctors' offices …