Problem
Inequitable use of medical resources
Other Names:
Discriminatory use of health facilitiesRestricted access to sophisticated medical equipment
Incidence:
In the formerly socialist economies, where governments have historically been responsible for both the financing and the delivery of free health care, there is apparent equity but, in reality, better-off consumers make informal out-of-pocket payments to get better care: about 25 percent of health costs in Romania and 20 percent in Hungary, for example, are under-the-table payments for pharmaceuticals and gratuities to health care providers.
Narrower Problems:
Excessive use of resources on expensive medical techniquesTrivial requests for medical assistance Aggravates:
Health inequalitiesInequality in mortality rates Strategies:
Restricting access to sophisticated medical equipmentReducing discriminatory use of health facilitiesReducing inequality of use of medical resourcesPreserving inequality of use of medical resources Subject(s):
Amenities → EquipmentEconomics → Resource utilization
Health Care → Health
Medicine → Medicine
Societal Problems → Restrictions
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
D: Detailed problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST