Overall versus-socioeconomic health inequality: A measurement framework and two empirical illustrations

Health Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 297-301

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

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Health inequality; Socioeconomic health differentials; Socioeconomic inequality in health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPIRICISM; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALNUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIET NAM;

ADULT; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; VIETNAM;

EID: 1442349952     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.822     Document Type: Article

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