Comparing health inequalities across time and place - Rate ratios and rate differences lead to different conclusions: Analysis of cross-sectional data from 22 countries 1991-2001

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1285-1291

  Moser, Kath ^a   Frost, Chris ^a   Leon, David A ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health inequalities; International comparisons; Measurement; Ranking; Under five mortality

Indexed keywords

CROSS SECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TREND STUDY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 36949007225     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dym176     Document Type: Article

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