Equality of medical health resource allocation in China based on the gini coefficient method

Iranian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 445-457

  Jin, Jian ^a   Wang, Jianxiang ^a   Ma, Xiaoyi ^a   Wang, Yuding ^a   Li, Renyong ^b  

^a HEBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Gini coefficient; Health care resources; Inequality; Lorenz curve

Indexed keywords

EID: 84935448699     PISSN: 22516085     EISSN: 22516093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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