Understanding the vertical equity judgements underpinning health inequality measures

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1390-1396

  Allanson, Paul ^a   Petrie, Dennis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health inequality; Inequality equivalence criterion; Inequality maps; Vertical equity judgements

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INCOME; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; POPULATION SIZE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INCOME; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84908060190     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.2984     Document Type: Article

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