The hidden inequity in healthcare

Starfield discusses the concept of equity in industrialised healthcare systems; industrialised countries have achieved both horizontal and vertical equity in the use of primary care services, meaning that people with greater health needs receive more primary care services. Although some countries have achieved horizontal equity in use of specialist services, very few have achieved vertical equity because socially-deprived populations have less access to specialist services than their needs require.

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