On the measurement of inequalities in health

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1991, Pages 545-557

  Wagstaff, Adam ^a   Paci, Pierella ^b   van Doorslaer, Eddy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

comparative research; inequalities in health; morbidity; mortality; social class

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL EXAMPLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; INEQUALITY MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUE; SOCIO-ECONOMIC VARIATION;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENMARK; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; INCOME; ITALY; MEASUREMENT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; SCANDINAVIA; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0025918749     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(91)90212-U     Document Type: Article

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