Circumstances and efforts: How important is their correlation for the measurement of inequality of opportunity in health?

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1470-1495

  Jusot, Florence ^a   Tubeuf, Sandy ^b   Trannoy, Alain ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

circumstances; efforts; equality of opportunity; health; inequality decomposition; variance decomposition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; GENETIC TRAIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STATUS; VEGETABLE;

CIRCUMSTANCES; EFFORTS; EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY; HEALTH; INEQUALITY DECOMPOSITION; VARIANCE DECOMPOSITION;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84887260521     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.2896     Document Type: Article

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