Access to Healthcare and the Pharmaceutical Sector

Health is higher on the international agenda than ever before, and improving the health of poor people is a central issue in development. Poor people suffer from far higher levels of ill health, mortality, and malnutrition than do those better off, and their inadequate health is one of the factors k...

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Authors: Leisinger, Klaus M. (Author) ; Schmitt, Karin M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2011
In: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Year: 2011, Volume: 20, Issue: 2, Pages: 309-325
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Summary:Health is higher on the international agenda than ever before, and improving the health of poor people is a central issue in development. Poor people suffer from far higher levels of ill health, mortality, and malnutrition than do those better off, and their inadequate health is one of the factors keeping them poor or for their being poor in the first place. Health is a crucially important economic asset, particularly for poor people. Their livelihoods depend on it. When poor people become ill or injured, their entire household can become trapped in a downward spiral of lost income and high healthcare costs—a vicious circle of poverty and ill health.
ISSN:1469-2147
Contains:Enthalten in: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0963180110000964