Equity of access to health care: some conceptual and ethical issues.
Problems of defining equity and equality of access are not trivial; there are fundamental disagreements about the nature of health care as a social good and about other principles of distributive justice. Presuppositions about equity underlying several current proposals for reform of health care "markets" are considered. Issues of equity--and theories of justice--arise also in contexts other than disputes about access.
D004465:Economic Competition; D006296:Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000600:supply & distribution; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000191:economics; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006302:Health Services Research; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health; D040841:Resource Allocation; D012935:Social Justice; D012962:Sociology, Medical; D014481:United States