Inequality in prime-age adult deaths in a high AIDS mortality setting: Does the measure of economic status matter?

Health Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1298-1311

  Opuni, Marjorie ^a   Peterman, Amber ^b   Bishai, David ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

asset index; health inequality; HIV AIDS; measurement of economic status; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONDOM; DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODERN WEALTH ASSET INDEX; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SAFE SEX; SOCIAL STATUS; TRADITIONAL WEALTH ASSET INDEX; URBAN AREA;

ASSET INDEX; HEALTH INEQUALITY; HIV/AIDS; MEASUREMENT OF ECONOMIC STATUS; TANZANIA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MORTALITY, PREMATURE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054740174     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1671     Document Type: Article

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