PHA-Exchange> Equity of access to health caRe: outlining the foundations for action

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Equity of access to health care: outlining the foundations for action 

Adam Oliver and Elias Mossialos 

London School of Economics, London, UK

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2004;58:655-658- August
2004 (Volume 58, Number 8)

 

http://jech.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/abstract/58/8/655?etoc
<http://jech.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/abstract/58/8/655?etoc>  


"....The Ministers of Health from Chile, Germany, Greece, New Zealand,
Slovenia, Sweden, and the United Kingdom recently established The
International Forum on Common Access to Health Care Services, based on a
common belief that their citizens should enjoy universal and equitable
access to good quality health care. The ministers intend to form a
network to share thinking and evidence on healthcare improvements, with
the specific aim of sustaining and promoting equitable access to health
care. 

 

Despite a vast literature on the notion of equity of access, little
agreement has been reached in the literature on exactly what this notion
ought to mean. This article provides a brief description of the
relevance of the access principle of equity, and summarises the research
programme that is necessary for turning the principle into a useful,
operational policy objective....."

International Forum on Common Access to Health Care Services. Programme
statement. Stockholm: IFCAHCS, 2003; 
 http://www.sweden.gov.se/content/1/c6/01/95/56/7f01dce6.pdf
<http://www.sweden.gov.se/content/1/c6/01/95/56/7f01dce6.pdf>
(accessed 20 July 2004).
Securing common access: Primary Health Care - Programme Statement (pdf
431 kB) <http://www.sweden.gov.se/content/1/c6/01/95/59/6dec531d.pdf>
(accessed 20 July 2004).



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