A welfare economics foundation for health inequality measurement

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 945-957

  Bleichrodt, Han ^a,b   van Doorslaer, Eddy ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Achievement index; Concentration index; Gini index; Health inequality measurement; Preference foundation

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SOCIAL INDICATOR; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH STATUS; MEASUREMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; WELFARE;

HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SOCIAL WELFARE;

EID: 33747439688     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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