Social inequalities in the use of health care services after 8 years of health care reforms – a comparative study of the Baltic countries

Jarno Habicht (), Raul-Allan Kiivet, Triin Habicht and Anton Kunst

International Journal of Public Health, 2009, vol. 54, issue 4, 250-259

Abstract: After 8 years of reforms, important pro-rich inequalities in the use of health services existed. In Latvia, these inequalities were largest, possibly due to higher ratio of cost sharing as compared to Estonia and Lithuania. Copyright Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel 2009

Keywords: Health system reforms; Inequalities; Access to health care; Baltic States; Socioeconomic factor; International comparison (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1007/s00038-009-8012-x

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