Monitoring equity in health and healthcare: A conceptual framework

Journal of Health Population and Nutrition

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 181-192

  Braveman, Paula A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health; Health equity; Health indicators; Health status; Healthcare; Inequalities; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; CONCEPT FORMATION; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POLITICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0347599240     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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