Measuring Disparities in Access to Health Care: A Proposal Based on an Ex-ante Perspective

被引:5
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作者
Abatemarco, Antonio [1 ]
Aria, Massimo [2 ]
Beraldo, Sergio [2 ]
Stroffolini, Francesca [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Salerno, Dept Econ & Stat, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, I-84084 Fisciano, SA, Italy
[2] Univ Napoli Federico II, Dept Econ & Stat, Via Cinthia, I-80126 Naples, Italy
关键词
Health care; Equality of opportunity; Access costs; SPATIAL INEQUALITY; EQUITY; RESPONSIBILITY; OPPORTUNITY; EQUALITY; REGIONS;
D O I
10.1007/s11205-020-02305-y
中图分类号
C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号
03 ; 0303 ;
摘要
We provide a novel approach to evaluate access to health care based on the monetization of access barriers individuals face. This approach allows to distinguish the opportunities individuals enjoy from their utilization of health services, permitting a better assessment of potential, as opposed to revealed, access. An application to Italian data on heart valve replacement shows that the methodology we provide can be easily applied to quantify the share of the population to which access is precluded and the key determinants of denied access.
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页码:549 / 568
页数:20
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