Legislación y equidad en salud
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14966406 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mónica Bolis (World Health Organization Regional Office for the Americas, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 5-6 |
| Pages | 444-448 |
| Publication date | 2002-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1020-4989 • E-ISSN: 1680-5348 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/s1020-49892002000500022 |
| PMID | 12162844 |
| OpenAlex | W1991853883 |
| SciELO | S1020-49892002000500022 |
| Language | ES |
| Citations received | 2 |
What role does the law play in reducing inequalities in health that are unnecessary, avoidable, and unfair? The question is addressed in this paper, whose purpose is to examine how the legal system, as a regulatory agency of the State, contributes to achieving greater equity in access to and use of health-related goods and services. From the legal viewpoint, health is a public commodity that is critical to human well-being and survival. But in prioritizing health as a human right, the legal system is challenged with finding ways to make health equally accessible to all, while bearing in mind the particular needs of different groups. There are currently important gaps in health legislation in the Region that must be addressed if greater equity in health is to be achieved. Such gaps, along with potential ways to correct them, are discussed throughout the paper
Business · Economics · Health care · Health equity · Health law · Human rights · International health · Law and economics · Legislation · Political science · Public economics · Public health · Right to health · Social science · Sociology · Ethics and bioethics in healthcare · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Public Health and Social Inequalities · Public Health in Brazil · Health Policy
| Citations per year | 0.1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2005 - 2016 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |