Determinants of relative and absolute concentration indices: Evidence from 26 European countries

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ásgeirsdóttir, Tinna Laufey ^a   Ragnarsdóttir, Dagný Ósk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Concentration index; Decomposition; Europe; Gross income; Health; Health income inequalities; Income; Net income

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE; LINEARITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EUROPE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE INEQUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EUROPE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; GOALS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EUROPE;

EID: 84880184291     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-12-53     Document Type: Article

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