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Inequalities in Access to Health Care in Brazil and India: Closing the Gap for the Poorest-poor

  • Start date: 01 April 2010
  • End date: 30 June 2011

In recent years, there has been an unprecedented growth in the national economies of the most populous countries particularly China, India and Brazil. However, the excessive wealth created through this rapid economic growth has been disproportionate, affecting mostly the poorest-poor living in rural and urban areas including metropolitan cities.

The overarching aim of this project is to develop a trilateral research network engaging demographers, social statisticians and economists from Brazil, India and the UK to carry out a quantitative investigation of the extent of inequalities in access to health care, how these change over time and the associated determinants, with an emphasis on the poorest-poor segment of the population living in Brazil and India.

The changes over time will be evaluated in terms of whether the gap in health care access between the rich and poor have widened or narrowed and the differences between and within different social/wealth groups - focusing on three vulnerable populations: young children, young and adult women of reproductive ages and elderly women.

Proper comparison of the Brazilian and Indian datasets will provide evidence of how health care policies and programmes have operated and evolved over time in narrowing health inequalities between the rich and the poorest-poor.

Grant holder

Dr Sabu Padmadas

Programme name

None

Co - applicants

Dr Dilip T R

Professor K James

Dr Udaya S Mishra

Dr Saseendran Pallikadavath

Mrs Carla Machado

Professor Maria Evandrou

Professor Maria Evandrou

Professor André Junqueira Caetano

Professor Eduardo L. G. Rios Neto

Dr Abhishek Singh

Dr Lekha Subaiya

Dr Andrew Channon

Dr Dilip TR

Professor Ernesto Amaral

Dr Tiziana Leone

Professor Zoe Matthews

Grant amount

£151,500.93

Grant reference

RES-238-25-0009

Institution

University of Southampton

Discipline

Demography

Grant type

Research Grant