ECON 243 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Health Equity, World Health Organization, Galama
3 Feb 2015
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Galama, t. j. & h. van kippersluis [2013], health inequalities through the lens of health. The right to highest level of health is enshrined in charter of world health. Organization as well as other international treaties: but many people do not have this level of health, the socially and economically disadvantaged generally lose out on health. Causes headache for an economy in many ways, therefore goal of most governments is to limit health inequality. Recent evidence suggests that causality of health inequity runs in both ways: health affects socioeconomic characteristics, (employment, income) and socioeconomic characteristics affect health. Why do the rich have better health: the paper argues that economic theory can help to identify mechanisms in which socioeconomic characteristics and health interact. The authors like the grossman model as a solid foundation for the study of health inequities: but they say further development is needed in two ways.
