Health inequalities in Ethiopia: Modeling inequalities in length of life within and between population groups

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Tranvåg, Eirik Joakim ^a   Ali, Merima ^b   Norheim, Ole Frithjof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b CHR MICHELSEN INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Gini; Health inequality; Inequality in length of life; Inequality measurement; Justice; Priority setting

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RURAL POPULATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHIOPIA; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ETHIOPIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORTALITY; POPULATION GROUPS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880021278     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-12-52     Document Type: Article

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