People in poor countries tend to have less access to health services than those in better‐off
countries, and within countries, the poor have less access to health services. This article …

Effective health care interventions are underutilized in the developing world, and income-
related disparities in use are large. The evidence concerning this access problem is …

Achieving equitable universal health coverage requires the provision of accessible,
necessary services for the entire population without imposing an unaffordable burden on …

Although access to health care is frequently identified as a goal for health care policy, the
precise meaning of access to health care often remains unclear. We present a conceptual …

Access to health services for everyone has been a major policy goal in the United States:
inequitable access is assumed to lead to inequitable health status, particularly for low …

In the last 15 years several federal programs were established to improve access to health
care for disadvantaged groups. Although numerous studies have been conducted …

Abstract While World Health Organization member countries embraced the concept of
universal coverage as early as 2005, few low-income countries have yet achieved the …

Health is both a direct component of human well-being and a form of human capital that
increases an individual's capabilities. We argue that these two views are complementary …

Health and poverty are inextricably intertwined. Being able to breast-feed, attend school,
work to grow food, earn a living or feed a family all depend on a baseline level of good …

Significant progress has been made over the past few decades in providing health care to
populations in developing countries. According to the World Bank, the single most important …