Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Reference -- Part I: Health Outcomes, Utilization, and Benefit Incidence Analysis 3 -- Chapter 2 What the ADePT Health Outcomes Module Does 5 -- Measuring Inequality in Outcomes and Utilization -- Basic Inequality Analysis -- Standardization for Demographic Factors -- Accounting for Inequality Aversion -- Trading Off the Average against Inequality -- Explaining Inequalities and Measuring Inequity -- Benefit Incidence Analysis -- Basic BIA -- BIA under Alternative Assumptions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 Data Preparation -- Household Identifier -- Living Standards Indicators -- Direct Approaches to Measuring Living Standards -- Indirect Approaches to Measuring Living Standards -- Health Outcome Variables -- Child Survival -- Anthropometric Indicators -- Other Measures of Adult Health -- Health Utilization Variables -- Variables for Basic Tabulations -- Weights and Survey Settings -- Determinants of Health -- Determinants of Utilization -- Information on Utilization for Benefit Incidence Analysis -- Fees Paid to Public Providers -- NHA Aggregate Data on Subsidies -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4 Example Data Set -- Household Identification -- Living Standards Indicators -- Health Outcome Variables -- Health Utilization Variables -- Variables for Basic Tabulations -- Weights and Survey Settings -- Determinants of Health -- Determinants of Utilization -- Utilization Variables for Benefit Incidence Analysis -- Fees Paid to Public Providers -- NHA Aggregate Data on Subsidies -- Notes -- Reference -- Chapter 5 How to Generate the Tables and Graphs 33 -- Main Tab -- Determinants of Health or Utilization -- Benefit Incidence Analysis -- Chapter 6 Interpreting the Tables and Graphs -- Original Data Report -- Concepts.

Interpreting the Results -- Basic Tabulations -- Concepts -- Interpreting the Results -- Inequalities in Health Outcomes -- Concepts -- Interpreting the Results -- Concentration of Health Utilization -- Concepts -- Interpreting the Results -- Explaining Inequalities in Health -- Concepts -- Interpreting the Results -- Decomposition of the Concentration Index -- Concepts -- Interpreting the Results -- Inequalities in Utilization -- Concepts -- Interpreting the Results -- Explaining Inequalities in Utilization -- Concepts -- Interpreting the Results -- Use of Public Facilities -- Concepts -- Interpreting the Results -- Payments to Public Providers -- Concepts -- Interpreting the Results -- Health Care Subsidies: Cost Assumptions -- Concepts -- Interpreting the Results -- Concentration of Public Health Services -- Concepts -- Interpreting the Results -- References -- Chapter 7 Technical Notes -- Measuring Inequalities in Outcomes and Utilization -- Note 1: The Concentration Curve -- Note 2: The Concentration Index -- Note 3: Sensitivity of the Concentration Index to the Living Standards Measure -- Note 4: Extended Concentration Index -- Note 5: Achievement Index -- Explaining Inequalities and Measuring Inequity -- Note 6: Demographic Standardization of Health and Utilization -- Note 7: Decomposition of the Concentration Index -- Note 8: Distinguishing between Inequality and Inequity -- Benefit Incidence Analysis (BIA) -- Note 9: Public Health Subsidy in Standard BIA -- Note 10: Public Health Subsidy with Proportional Cost Assumption -- Note 11: Public Health Subsidy with Linear Cost Assumption -- Notes -- References -- Part II: Health Financing and Financial Protection -- Chapter 8 What the ADePT Health Financing Module Does -- Financial Protection -- Catastrophic Health Spending -- Poverty and Health Spending -- Progressivity and Redistributive Effect.

Progressivity -- Redistributive Effect -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 9 Data Preparation -- Ability to Pay (Consumption) -- Out-of-Pocket Payments -- Nonfood Consumption -- Poverty Line -- Prepayments for Health Care -- NHA Data on Health Financing Mix -- Notes -- Reference -- Chapter 10 Example Data Sets -- Financial Protection: Vietnam -- Ability to Pay -- Out-of-Pocket Payments -- Nonfood Consumption -- Poverty Line -- Progressivity and Redistributive Effect: Egypt -- Ability to Pay -- Out-of-Pocket Payments -- Prepayments for Health Care -- NHA Data on Health Financing Mix -- Incidence Assumptions for Health Care Payments -- Note -- Reference -- Chapter 11 How to Generate the Tables and Graphs -- Financial Protection -- Progressivity and Redistributive Effect -- Chapter 12 Interpreting the Tables and Graphs -- Original Data Report -- Concepts -- Interpreting the Results -- Basic Tabulations -- Concepts -- Interpreting the Results -- Financial Protection -- Concepts -- Interpreting the Results -- Distribution-Sensitive Measures of Catastrophic Payments -- Concepts -- Interpreting the Results -- Measures of Poverty Based on Consumption -- Concepts -- Interpreting the Results -- Share of Household Budgets -- Concepts -- Interpreting the Results -- Health Payments and Household Consumption -- Concepts -- Interpreting the Results -- Progressivity and Redistributive Effect -- Concepts -- Interpreting the Results -- Progressivity of Health Financing -- Concepts -- Interpreting the Results -- Decomposition of Redistributive Effect of Health Financing -- Concepts -- Interpreting the Results -- Concentration Curves -- Concepts -- Interpreting the Results -- Distribution of Health Payments -- Concepts -- Interpreting the Results -- Note -- References -- Chapter 13 Technical Notes -- Financial Protection.

Note 12: Measuring Incidence and Intensity of Catastrophic Payments -- Note 13: Distribution-Sensitive Measures of Catastrophic Payments -- Note 14: Threshold Choice -- Note 15: Limitations of the Catastrophic Payment Approach -- Note 16: Health Payments-Adjusted Poverty Measures -- Note 17: Adjusting the Poverty Line -- Note 18: On the Impoverishing Effect of Health Payments -- Progressivity and Redistributive Effect -- Note 19: Measuring Progressivity -- Note 20: Progressivity of Overall Health Financing -- Note 21: Decomposing Redistributive Effect -- Note 22: Redistributive Effect and Economic Welfare -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Back Cover.