Inequality of opportunities in health in France: A first pass

Health Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 921-938

  Trannoy, Alain ^a,b   Tubeuf, Sandy ^c   Jusot, Florence ^d,e   Devaux, Marion ^f  

^a EHESS Marseille   (France)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

^e Institut de Recherche et de Documentation en Economie de la Santé Irdes   (France)

^f OECD   (France)

Author keywords

Equality of opportunity; Gini index; Inequality in health; Intergenerational transmission; Older adults; Stochastic dominance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL BACKGROUND; SOCIAL STATUS; STOCHASTIC MODEL; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 77955707861     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1528     Document Type: Article

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