Equity in the delivery of health care in Europe and the US

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 553-583

  Van Doorslaer, Eddy ^a   Wagstaff, Adam ^b   Van Der Burg, Hattem ^a   Christiansen, Terkel ^c   De Graeve, Diana ^d   Duchesne, Inge ^d   Gerdtham, Ulf G ^e   Gerfin, Michael ^f   Geurts, José ^g   Gross, Lorna ^h   Häkkinen, Unto ⁱ   John, Jürgen ^j   Klavus, Jan ⁱ   Leu, Robert E ^f   Nolan, Brian ^k   O'Donnell, Owen ^l   Propper, Carol ^m   Puffer, Frank ^h   Schellhorn, Martin ^f   Sundberg, Gun ⁿ   Winkelhake, Olaf ^j   more..

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^e STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^g STATISTICS NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^h CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^j INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^k ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^l UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^m UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

Health care utilization; Horizontal equity; International comparison

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; HEALTH CARE; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; SERVICE PROVISION;

ARTICLE; EUROPE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; UNITED STATES;

DATA COLLECTION; EUROPE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INCOME; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 18544404784     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6296(00)00050-3     Document Type: Article

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