Public views of health system issues in four Asian countries.
To elicit the public's views on health system issues, we conducted an opinion poll survey in Bangladesh, Mongolia, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. We focused on health inequalities. The results show high levels of dissatisfaction with government health services in all four of the countries. Access to government health services was an important concern. A sizable number of respondents reported that their governments did not consider their views at all in shaping health care services. The policy implications of the study findings are discussed.
Bhatia
Mrigesh
M
London (England) School of Economics. m.r.bhatia@lse.ac.uk
Rannan-Eliya
Ravi
R
Somanathan
Aparnaa
A
Huq
Mohammed N
MN
Pande
Badri Raj
BR
Chuluunzagd
Batbayar
B
D001208:Asia; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D006291:Health Policy; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011639:Public Opinion; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires