Decomposing health inequality with population-based surveys: a case study in Rwanda.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Ensuring equal access to care and providing financial risk protection are at the center of the global health agenda. While Rwanda has made impressive progress in improving health outcomes, inequalities in medical care utilization and household catastrophic health spending (HCHS) between the impoverished and non-impoverished populations persist. Decomposing inequalities will help us understand the factors contributing to inequalities and design effective policy instruments in reducing inequalities. This study aims to decompose the inequalities in medical care utilization among those reporting illnesses and HCHS between the poverty and non-poverty groups in Rwanda. METHODS:Using the 2005 and 2010 nationally representative Integrated Living Conditions Surveys, our analysis focuses

SUBMITTER: Liu K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5946429 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature