A graphical summary of disparities in health care and related summary measures

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1059-1065

  Gastwirth, Joseph L ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparate treatment; Health care; Health disparity; Lorenz curve; Screening tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750515308     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jspi.2006.06.024     Document Type: Article

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