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Using health equity approaches for assessing equity in maternal and child health care in Thailand

Using health equity approaches for assessing equity in maternal and child health care in Thailand. Phusit Prakongsai Kanjana Tisayaticom Sudarat Tuntivivat International Health Policy Program (IHPP), Ministry of Public Health, Thailand The 3 rd Global Forum on Gender Statistics

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Using health equity approaches for assessing equity in maternal and child health care in Thailand

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  1. Using health equity approaches for assessing equity in maternal and child health care in Thailand Phusit Prakongsai Kanjana Tisayaticom Sudarat Tuntivivat International Health Policy Program (IHPP), Ministry of Public Health, Thailand The 3rd Global Forum on Gender Statistics 11-13 October 2010 Manila, Philippines ESA/STAT/AC.219/35

  2. Outline of presentation • Rationale of health equity approach • Data availability in Thailand • Concentration curve and concentration index (CI) • Examples of assessing health equity in selected Maternal and Child Health (MCH) indicators in Thailand • Discussion and conclusions • The way forward

  3. Inputs & processes Outputs Outcomes Impact Intervention access & services readiness Intervention quality, safety and efficiency Coverage of interventions Prevalence risk behaviours & factors Improved health outcomes & equity Social and financial risk protection Responsiveness Infrastructure / ICT Health workforce Supply chain Information Financing Governance Population-based surveys Coverage, health status, equity, risk protection, responsiveness Administrative sources Financial tracking system; NHA Databases and records: HR, infrastructure, medicines etc. Policy data Facility assessments Clinical reporting systems Service readiness, quality, coverage, health status Vital registration Monitoring & Evaluation of health systems reform /strengthening A general framework Indicator domains Data sources Analysis & synthesis Data quality assessment; Estimates and projections; In-depth studies; Use of research results; Assessment of progress and performance of health systems Communication & use Targeted and comprehensive reporting; Regular country review processes; Global reporting

  4. Rationale • Improving health equity is a key outcome indicator for assessing health system performance of a country  WHO framework on health system performance assessment (HSPA) • Determinants of health equity • By gender and sex-disaggregated analysis, • other determinants (socio-economic status, educational level, residential areas, etc.) • Various dimensions of health equity • Access to and utilization of health care, • health care financing, • Health status, • Health risk behaviors, etc. • Available MCH data from MICS 2006 in Thailand and insertion of household asset variables for computing ‘wealth index’

  5. Dimensions and Determinants of Health Equity

  6. Data availability for M&E system in Thailand (1) Note: SES = household socio-economic survey, HWS= Health and Welfare survey, NHES = National Health Examination survey, MICS = Multiple Indicator Cluster survey, NHA = National Health Accounts, HA = Hospital accreditation, SPC= Survey of Population Changes

  7. Data availability for M&E system in Thailand (2)

  8. The concentration curve • The concentration curve graphs on the x-axis the cumulative percentage of the sample ranked by living standards, beginning with the poorest, and on the y-axis the cumulative percentage of the health service use corresponding to each cumulative percentage of the distribution of the living standard variable.

  9. The concentration index • is defined as twice the area between the concentration curve and the line of equality (the 45-degree line running from the bottom-left corner to the top-right). • In the case where there is no income-related inequality, the concentration index is zero. • The index takes a negative value when the concentration curve lies above the 45-degree line of equality, indicating disproportionate concentration of health service use or other health variables among the poor, and a positive value when it lies below the 45-degree line of equality. • The index is bounded between -1 and +1

  10. Selected concentration curves of ambulatory service use among different types of health facilities in 2003

  11. Concentration curves of selected MCH indicators in Thailand, MICS data 2005-2006

  12. Selected MCH indicators in Thailand from MICS data 2005-2006

  13. Discussion and conclusion • Most MCH services in Thailand are concentrated to the poor. • Major challenges remain in connection with health outcomes, particularly teenage pregnancy and child malnourishment. • Remaining gaps between the rich and the poor, and between urban and rural areas require policy interventions and multi-sectoral actions. • This analytical approach shows possibility in using health inequity intra- and inter-groups for gender-based analysis.

  14. The way forward • Including sex-aggregated and gender-based analyses in health-related M& E system • Intra- and inter-group analyses in other dimensions of health equity e.g. health status, health risk behavior, disease burden, etc. • Dissemination of key research findings and policy communication of gender-based health equity analysis • Establishment of Health Equity Monitoring Network (HEM-Net) for domestic and international networks.

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