Proposing indicators to measure achievement and shortfall inequality consistently

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 578-583

  Lasso de la Vega, Casilda ^a   Aristondo, Oihana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Achievements; Health inequality; Inequality measurement; Shortfalls

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT;

HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84861754116     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2012.02.006     Document Type: Article

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