Crowdfunding and global health disparities: an exploratory conceptual and empirical analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The use of crowdfunding platforms to cover the costs of healthcare is growing rapidly within low-, middle-, and high-income countries as a new funding modality in global health. The popularity of such "medical crowdfunding" is fueled by health disparities and gaps in health coverage and social safety-net systems. Crowdfunding in its current manifestations can be seen as an antithesis to universal health coverage. But research on medical crowdfunding, particularly in global health contexts, has been sparse, and accessing robust data is difficult. To map and document how medical crowdfunding is shaped by, and shapes, health disparities, this article offers an exploratory conceptual and empirical analysis of medical crowdfunding platforms and practices around the world. Dat

SUBMITTER: Kenworthy NJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6882318 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature