Health System Performance Assessment: how equitable is the Belgian health system?

Abstract Access to and delivery of effective, high quality and affordable healthcare are fundamental objectives that have shaped health policy and the universal health insurance system in Belgium. A health system should be evaluated against these objectives. Monitoring equity within a health system - an equitable distribution of healthcare use and of payments for healthcare - is a core component of a health system performance assessment. We use the horizontal equity principle to evaluate equity in healthcare use in Belgium. Unfair inequality in healthcare use is measured by the fairness gap, c... Mehr ...