ON THE MEASUREMENT OF INEQUALITIES IN HEALTH

被引：1103

作者：

WAGSTAFF, A

PACI, P

VANDOORSLAER, E

机构：

[1] CITY UNIV LONDON,DEPT SOCIAL SCI,LONDON EC1V 0HB,ENGLAND

[2] ERASMUS UNIV,INST MED TECHNOL ASSESSMENT,3000 DR ROTTERDAM,NETHERLANDS

来源：

SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE | 1991年 / 33卷 / 05期

关键词：

INEQUALITIES IN HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS; COMPARATIVE RESEARCH; MORTALITY; MORBIDITY;

D O I：

10.1016/0277-9536(91)90212-U

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

This paper offers a critical appraisal of the various methods employed to date to measure inequalities in health. It suggests that only two of these-the slope index of inequality and the concentration index-are likely to present an accurate picture of socioeconomic inequalities in health. The paper also presents several empirical examples to illustrate of the dangers of using other measures such as the range, the Lorenz curve and the index of dissimilarity. © 1991.

引用

页码：545 / 557

页数：13

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