Background: Households’ financial protection against health payments and expenditures and equity in utilization of health care services are of the most important tasks of governments. This study aims to measuring equity in household’s health care payments according to fairness in financial contribution (FFC) and Kakwani indices in Tehran-Iran, 2013. Methods: This cross-sectional study was c...

health, as a public good, and equity in health, as a moral concept are considered as human right. equity in health is defined as lack of systematic discrepancies in health or social determinants of health among different groups of a community. social justice is considered as a matter of life and death. it is believe that inappropriate distribution of health services is one of the major determin...

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Background Epidemiological evidence on the social determinants of health inequity is well-advanced, but considerably less attention has been given to evaluating the impact of public policies addressing those social determinants. Methodological challenges to produce evidence on policy outcomes present a significant barrier to mobilising policy actions for health equities. This review aims to exa...

Background: Health equity is “having fair access to healthcare, utilizing it according to actual needs, paying for it based on financial capacity and finally, having an acceptable level of health”. Health equity is an underlying principle of the universal declaration of human rights. Equitable distribution of hospital beds increases people’s access to healthcare services and as a result, improv...

Background: In this regard, in Iran a plan was developed and accordingly 52 indicators to measure equity inhealth were developed and announced by the Ministry of Health in collaboration with other sectors.This study aims to obtain a deeper understanding of the development of health equity indicators andidentify their implementation challenges and proposed solutions from the perspective of polic...

Abstract Background Public health (PH) practitioners have a strong moral commitment to equity and social justice. However, PH values often do not align with systems values, making it challenging for promote equity. In spite of growing range ethics frameworks theories, little is known about ethical concerns related promotion in practice. The purpose this paper examine the promoting context menta...