The right to the highest attainable standard of health (Art. 12) 2000, para. 12b (iii)
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- [The right to health in all its forms and at all levels contains the following interrelated and essential elements, the precise application of which will depend on the conditions prevailing in a particular State party:] Accessibility. Health facilities, goods and services have to be accessible to everyone without discrimination, within the jurisdiction of the State party. Accessibility has four overlapping dimensions: Economic accessibility (affordability): health facilities, goods and services must be affordable for all. Payment for health-care services, as well as services related to the underlying determinants of health, has to be based on the principle of equity, ensuring that these services, whether privately or publicly provided, are affordable for all, including socially disadvantaged groups. Equity demands that poorer households should not be disproportionately burdened with health expenses as compared to richer households.
- Condicón jurídica
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Organismo
- Committee on Social, Economic and Cultural Rights
- Tipo de documento
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Medio de adopción
- N.A.
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- All
- Año
- 2000
- Tipo de párrafo
- Other
- Reference
- CESCR General Comment No. 14, The right to the highest attainable standard of health (Art. 12) (2000), para. 12b (iii).
- Paragraph number
- 12b (iii)
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