However, inequity has continued to increase, as indicated by a rise in the Gini Index of income distribution from 0.335 to 0.413 between 1996 and 2013 (BPS 2014). This indicates that the implemented policies, b
Monitoring equity within a health system - an equitable distribution of healthcare use and of payments for healthcare - is a core component of a health system performance assessment. We use the horizontal equity principle to evaluate equity in healthcare use in Belgium. Unfair inequality in ...
But the phenomenon known as judicialization of healthcare, anchored in the argument of universality of the right, has been consolidated as a health policy parallel to the SUS. The analysis of these lawsuits distribution according to their beneficiaries’ socio-economic profile can contribute to the...
The EDE has been used to study inequality in urban settings with a focus on equitable distribution of burdens and resources44 and can be interpreted as the value that would make an individual indifferent between the current distribution and complete equality at the level of the EDE. The EDE ...
Unfortunately, I think seller's perceive this as a cost of sales play, but our statistics suggest a more measured approach that strives to achieve fairness for both the company and the associate. Looking at equitable distribution of commissions is not a...
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Students of university HPE programs in The Netherlands are disproportionately female (>70%), and disproportionately have at least one parent with a top-10% income (>60%), compared to their age peers (33%) [54]. When The Netherlands gradually transitioned from a lottery-based to a selection...
In particular, the distribution of impacts, including the identification and avoidance of harm for marginalised frontline communities, needs extended policy attention. The Responsible Energy Initiative is an important step in this direction that aims to bring multiple stakeholders to ensure that the ...
3.1. Implications of the current aggregation scheme Before analysing scenarios to improve the equitable distribution of F&V, we establish the temporal dynamics associated with the baseline evolution of aggregation adoption and market supplies, relative to the counterfactual holding aggregation participation ...
(IP) rights. While 70.3% of the world population had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine (as of June 2023), only 32.2% of people in low-income countries have received at least one dose (Our World in Data2021). The lack of equitable distribution of available COVID-19 ...