The concentration index of a binary outcome revisited

Health Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1155-1160

  Wagstaff, Adam ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

binary outcomes; concentration index; Health inequality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH INSURANCE; INCOME; MEASUREMENT; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 80052534950     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1752     Document Type: Article

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