Social disadvantage may be viewed as social deprivation or enforced lack of socially perceived necessities. These necessities include education, good housing, and access to health care. Social circumstances of the parents would invariably affect the child, since he or she is entirely dependent on the parents for support and livelihood. In resource poor countries, social disadvantage may determine access or non-access to comprehensive health care. This may cause a worse morbidity or higher mortality amongst the socially disadvantaged children. Few studies have been done to determine the extent of inequitable distribution of health resources for childhood emergencies, leading to varying outcomes when socially disadvantaged and their non-socially disadvantaged counterparts are compared.