Inequitable use of medical resources

In the formerly socialist economies, where governments have historically been responsible for both the financing and the delivery of free health care, there is apparent equity but, in reality, better-off consumers make informal out-of-pocket payments to get better care: about 25 percent of health costs in Romania and 20 percent in Hungary, for example, are under-the-table payments for pharmaceuticals and gratuities to health care providers.

1. Misallocation of resources in health services
2. Discrimination in social services

1. Trivial requests for medical assistance
2. Excessive use of resources on expensive medical techniques

1. Inequality in mortality rates
2. Health inequalities

1. Maldistribution of medical resources
2. Lack of health insurances
3. Inequitable distribution of wealth
4. Inadequate resources for health
5. Inaccessibility of health services
6. Exclusive services
7. Discrimination in access to sanitation services
8. Decline in government health expenditure
9. Coronavirus disease

1. Restricting access to sophisticated medical equipment
2. Reducing inequality of use of medical resources
3. Reducing discriminatory use of health facilities
4. Preserving inequality of use of medical resources

1. Unused
2. Underuse
3. Restriction
4. Inequality
5. Health
6. Discrimination [D]
7. Abuse