Use of the Yitzhaki Index as a test of relative deprivation for health outcomes: A review of recent literature

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 129-137

  Adjaye Gbewonyo, Kafui ^a   Kawachi, Ichiro ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Income inequality; Relative deprivation; Yitzhaki Index

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH STATUS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; METHODOLOGY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INCOME; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; RELATIVE DEPRIVATION; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WELFARE; YITZHAKI INDEX;

HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MORTALITY; POVERTY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860656997     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.03.004     Document Type: Review

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