Table 4

Summary of the changes in health and healthcare inequities

Relative gap


Narrowing

Widening/status quo


Best outcome:

Improvement for the better off but not for the poor:

Population average

Improving

• Body mass index

• Infant mortality rate

• Under-five mortality rate

• Stunting

• Underweight

• Total fertility rate

• Antenatal care

• Child delivery

• Child deliveries at home

Worsening with an element of protection for the poor:

Worst outcome:

Worsening

• ORT use

• Prevalence of diarrhoea among under-five children

• Prevalence of ARI among under-five children

• Immunization coverage

• ARI treatment in public facility


Zere et al. BMC Public Health 2007 7:78   doi:10.1186/1471-2458-7-78

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