ABSTRACT

The power of purchasers exposes the weaknesses of conventional thinking on the costs and benefits of priorities. Health policy analysts now have to develop rational criteria to support decisions in a process which may be inherently intuitive. This authoritative and practical text points the way towards clear choices in resource allocation and the implications of these choices on expenditure diverted among different health care programmes.

part One|66 pages

Definition and measurement

chapter 1|25 pages

Defining and measuring poverty

chapter 2|21 pages

The extent of child poverty

chapter 3|18 pages

Measuring child health

part Two|116 pages

Evidence of child health inequalities

part Three|92 pages

The causal debate

chapter 8|32 pages

The causal debate

chapter 9|34 pages

Mechanisms, causal models and pathways

part Four|62 pages

Social and health policy implications

chapter 10|32 pages

Social policy implications

chapter 12|4 pages

Conclusions