On the measurement of relative and absolute income-related health inequality

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1923-1928

  Clarke, Philip M ^a   Gerdtham, Ulf G ^b   Johannesson, Magnus ^c   Bingefors, Kerstin ^d   Smith, Len ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Australia; Health inequality; International comparisons; SF 36; Sweden

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; RATING SCALE; SWEDEN;

EID: 0036972832     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(01)00321-5     Document Type: Article

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