Health, economic development and household poverty :  from understanding to action / 
edited by Sara Bennett, Lucy Gilson and Anne Mills. 
 - London ;  New York :  Routledge,  2008. 
 - xx, 276 pages:  illustrated  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-265) and index. 
<br/><br/>Health, economic development, and household poverty : the role of the health sector / Anne Mills, Sara Bennett, Lucy Gilson -- The consequences of population health for economic performance / Marcella Alsan ... [et al.] -- Illness and labour productivity : a case study from rural Kenya / Sydney Rosen, Jonathon Simon, and Matthew Fox -- Access and equity : evidence on the extent to which health services address the needs of the poor / Natasha Palmer -- Illness, health service costs and their consequences for households / Di McIntyre and Michael Thiede -- Coping with the costs of illness : vulnerability and resilience among poor households in urban Sri Lanka / Steven Russell -- Alternative approaches to extending health services to the poorest / Sara Bennett -- Targeting services towards the poor : a review of targeting mechanisms and their effectiveness / Kara Hanson, Eve Worrall, and Virginia Wiseman -- Protecting the poor from the cost of services through health financing reform / Sara Bennett and Lucy Gilson -- Building voice and agency of poor people in health : public action within health systems / Rene Loewenson -- Improving equity in health through health financing reform: a case study of the introduction of universal coverage in Thailand / Supasit Pannarunothai -- Promoting access, financial protection and empowerment for the poor : Vimo SEWA in India / M. Kent Ranson, Tara Sinha, and Mirai Chatterjee -- Conclusions : from evidence to action / Sara Bennett, Lucy Gilson, and Anne Mills. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780415344289 041534428X 9780203023570 (ebk.) 0203023579 (ebk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007001871 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA489499  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>101297371  DNLM 013064144  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Medical economics--Developing countries.<br/>Economic development--Health aspects--Developing countries.<br/>Poverty--Health aspects--Developing countries.<br/>Health services accessibility--Developing countries.<br/>Medical policy--Developing countries.<br/>Medical care--Developing countries.<br/>Delivery of Health Care--economics.<br/>Developing Countries.<br/>Health Policy--economics.<br/>Poverty.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RA 410.5  / .H3985 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.4/73621091724 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>2007 K-863 WA 395  / .H43417 2008