title: Response to health inequity: the role of social protection in reducing poverty and achieving equity.
abstract: Health inequities are determined by multiple factors within the health sector and beyond. While gaps in social health protection coverage and effective access to health care are among the most prominent causes of health inequities, social and economic inequalities existing beyond the health sector contribute greatly to barriers to access affordable and acceptable health care.
authors.affiliation: Social Protection Department, International Labour Organization, Geneva, Switzerland scheil@ilo.org.
authors.forename: Xenia
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Scheil-Adlung
mesh_terms: D005523:Food Supply; D014943:Global Health; D006291:Health Policy; D006293:Health Promotion; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D011203:Poverty; D064890:Social Determinants of Health / Q000191:economics*; D012935:Social Justice; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014881:Water Supply; D014944:World Health Organization
keywords: economic analysis; social comparison