Measuring socioeconomic inequality in health, health care and health financing by means of rank-dependent indices: A recipe for good practice

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 685-694

  Erreygers, Guido ^a   Van Ourti, Tom ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NETSPAR   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Concentration index; Health inequality; Socioeconomic inequality

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; FINANCE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79960903894     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2011.04.004     Document Type: Article

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