Measuring income related inequality in health: Standardisation and the partial concentration index

Health Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 803-819

  Gravelle, Hugh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Concentration index; Health inequality; Standardisation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; STANDARDIZATION;

FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; POVERTY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 0141617390     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.813     Document Type: Article

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