* Public hospital care: equal for all or equal for some? Evidence from the Philippines.
- In low- and middle-income countries, government budgets are rarely sufficient to cover a public hospital's operating costs. Shortfalls are typically financed through a combination of health insurance contributions and user charges. The mixed nature of this financing arrangement potentially creates financial incentives to treat patients with equal health need unequally. Using data from the Philippines, the authors analyzed whether doctors respond to such incentives. After controlling for a patient's condition, they found that patients using insurance, paying more for hospital accommodation, and being treated in externally monitored hospitals were likely to receive more care. This highlights the worrying possibility that public hospital patients with equal health needs are not always equally treated.
=>安い, 低いところ, 卑劣に, 粗食で, 低い(もの), 弱い, 粗末な, 乏しい, 衿ぐりが深い, 建物の低い,
下劣な, 低級な
Overview of noun low
The noun low has 4 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. low, depression -- (an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation; "a low moved in
over night bringing sleet and snow")
2. Low, David Low, Sir David Low, Sir David Alexander Cecil Low -- (British political cartoonist
(born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963))
3. low -- (a low level or position or degree; "the stock market fell to a new low")
4. first gear, first, low gear, low -- (the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor
vehicle; used to start a car moving)
Overview of verb low
The verb low has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. moo, low -- (make a low noise, characteristic of bovines)
Overview of adj low
The adj low has 10 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)
1. (55) low -- (less than normal in degree or intensity or amount; "low prices"; "the reservoir is
low")
2. (23) low -- (literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward
extension; "low ceilings"; "low clouds"; "low hills"; "the sun is low"; "low furniture"; "a low
bow")
3. (11) low, low-toned -- (very low in volume; "a low murmur"; "the low-toned murmur of the surf")
4. (6) low -- (unrefined in character; "low comedy")
5. (4) low, low-pitched -- (used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency)
6. (3) abject, low, low-down, miserable, scummy, scurvy -- (of the most contemptible kind; "abject
cowardice"; "a low stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable treatment of his family"; "You
miserable skunk!"; "a scummy rabble"; "a scurvy trick")
7. humble, low, lowly, modest, small -- (low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage";
"a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings")
8. depleted, low -- (no longer sufficient; "supplies are low"; "our funds are depleted")
9. broken, crushed, humbled, humiliated, low -- (subdued or brought low in condition or status;
"brought low"; "a broken man"; "his broken spirit")
10. gloomy, grim, blue, depressed, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low,
low-spirited -- (filled with melancholy and despondency ; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to
face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening
mood"; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and
resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and
downhearted")
Overview of adv low
The adv low has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) low -- (in a low position; near the ground; "the branches hung low")
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