On correcting the concentration index for binary variables

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 659-670

  Kjellsson, Gustav ^a   Gerdtham, Ulf G ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Binary variables; Concentration index; Health inequality; Socioeconomic inequality

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; INDEX METHOD; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONCENTRATION INDEX; HEALTH DISPARITY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EUROPE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84876727174     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2012.10.012     Document Type: Article

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