A welfare economics foundation for health inequality measurement

被引：82

作者：

Bleichrodt, Han

van Doorslaer, Eddy

机构：

[1] Erasmus Univ, Dept Econ, NL-3000 DR Rotterdam, Netherlands

[2] Erasmus Univ, Med Ctr, Dept Hlth Policy & Management, iMTA, NL-3000 DR Rotterdam, Netherlands

来源：

JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS | 2006年 / 25卷 / 05期

关键词：

health inequality measurement; preference foundation; Gini index; concentration index; achievement index;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jhealeco.2006.01.002

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

The empirical literature on the measurement of health inequalities is vast and rapidly expanding. To date, however, no foundation in welfare economics exists for the proposed measures of health inequality. This paper provides such a foundation for commonly used measures like the health concentration index, the Gini index, and the extended concentration index. Our results indicate that these measures require assumptions that appear restrictive. One way forward may be the development of multi-dimensional extensions. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：945 / 957

页数：13

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