Avoidable mortality risks and measurement of wellbeing and inequality

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 624-641

  Tang, Kam Ki ^a   Chin, Jackie T C ^a   Rao, D S Prasada ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age at death; Avoidable deaths; Inequality; Life table; Mortality risk

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; EQUITY; LIFE TABLE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MORTALITY RISK;

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; LIFE TABLE; MORTALITY; POPULATION; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLIMATE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 43549111570     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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