Indices based on the notion of entropy for measuring social inequalities in health;Índices para medir las desigualdades de salud de carácter social basados en la noción de entropía

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 429-435

  Bacallao, Jorge ^a   Castillo Salgado, Carlos ^b   Schneider, Maria Cristina ^b   Mujica, Oscar J ^b   Loyola, Enrique ^b   Vidaurre, Manuel ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS DE LA HABANA   (Cuba)

^b PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTROPY; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH STATUS; MONITORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; ENTROPY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; MEASUREMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; SOCIAL JUSTICE; STATISTICS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMERICAS; ENTROPY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0012915530     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49892002001200008     Document Type: Article

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