Vertical equity

Refers to the “unequal treatment of unequals”. This is a more problematic concept because it is difficult to decide how unequal people should be in terms of the amounts of resources devoted to them or how much more access we should provide for some over others. For example, one may think that we should devote more health resources to those who are more socially deprived, but how do we decide how much more? What if people in more deprived groups do not gain as much health from interventions as those in better off groups? Judgments about what to do when faced with such questions will always be subjective.

Vertical equity Resources
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