Horizontal equity and efficiency at primary health care facilities in rural Afghanistan: A seemingly unrelated regression approach
Benjamin Johns,
Laura Steinhardt,
Damian G. Walker,
David H. Peters and
David Bishai ()
Social Science & Medicine, 2013, vol. 89, issue C, 25-31
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Producing services efficiently and equitably are important goals for health systems. Many countries pursue horizontal equity – providing people with the same illnesses equal access to health services – by locating facilities in remote areas. Staff are often paid incentives to work at such facilities. However, there is little evidence on how many fewer people are treated at remote facilities than facilities in more densely settled areas. This research explores if there is an association between the efficiency of health centers in Afghanistan and the remoteness of their location.
Keywords: Afghanistan; Equity; Efficiency; Seemingly unrelated regression; Primary health care (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.04.012
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