[afro-nets] Effects of health care reforms on gender equity

[Claudio Schuftan <claudio@hcmc.netnam.vn>]

What evidence is there about the effects of health care reforms
on gender equity, particularly in health?
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By Piroska Östlin and Karen Facey
World Health Organization Europe - Health Evidence Network, No-
vember 2005

Adobe PDF file (15 pp. 236 kB):
http://www.euro.who.int/HEN/Syntheses/genderEquity/20051027_3

In most countries the pressure for health care reform is aimed
at improving the efficiency, equity and effectiveness of the
health sector. Emerging evidence shows that health care reforms
can affect men and women differently, as a consequence of their
different positions as users and producers of health care. This
review assesses the impact of four key health care reforms - de-
centralization, financing, privatization and priority setting -
on gender equity in health.