On the measurement of the nation's equity adjusted health

Health Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 621-628

  Lindholm, Lars ^a,b   Rosén, Måns ^a,c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Department of Community Health   (Sweden)

^c CENTRE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Equity; Nation's health; Social welfare function

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL WELFARE; SURVIVAL; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OCCUPATIONS; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0031751837     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1050(1998110)7:7<621::AID-HEC370>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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