Assessing Income-Related Health Inequality and Horizontal Inequity in China

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 241-256

  Zhou, Zhongliang ^a   Fang, Yu ^a   Zhou, Zhiying ^a   Li, Dan ^a   Wang, Dan ^a   Li, Yanli ^a   Lu, Li ^a   Gao, Jianmin ^a   Chen, Gang ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; EQ 5D; Health inequity; Health related quality of life; Horizontal inequity

Indexed keywords

EQUITY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; INCOME; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RURAL SOCIETY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN SOCIETY;

CHINA; SHAANXI;

EID: 84952923098     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: 15730921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-015-1221-1     Document Type: Article

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