Sometimes More Equal Than Others: How Health Inequalities Depend on the Choice of Welfare Indicator

Sometimes More Equal Than Others: How Health Inequalities Depend on the Choice of Welfare Indicator

A large body of empirical work in recent years has focused on measuring and explaining socioeconomic inequalities in health outcomes and health service use. In any effort to address these questions, analysts must confront the issue of how to measur...

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Main Author: Lindelöw, Magnus
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
Subjects:
HEALTH INEQUALITIES
WELFARE INDICATORS
SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATORS
INCOME
HOUSEHOLDS
WELFARE
CONSUMPTION
LIVING STANDARDS
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH INEQUITIES
HEALTH CARE SERVICES ASSET INDEX
ASSET INDICES
ASSETS
COMMUNITIES
CONSUMPTION DATA
CONSUMPTION PATTERNS
DATA ANALYSIS
DATA REQUIREMENTS
DATA SOURCES
DEFLATION
DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
DURABLE GOODS
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
ECONOMISTS
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EMPIRICAL LEVEL
EMPIRICAL WORK
EXPENDITURE DATA
FOOD CONSUMPTION
GENDER
GINI COEFFICIENT
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CENTER
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HEALTH SERVICE
HEALTH STATUS
HEALTH SURVEY
HEALTH SURVEYS
HOME-PRODUCED FOOD
HORIZONTAL EQUITY
HOUSEHOLD ASSETS
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD DURABLES
HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
HOUSING
INCOME QUINTILES
INDIVIDUAL LEVEL
INEQUALITY MEASURES
LEISURE
LIVING CONDITIONS
LIVING STANDARD
LORENZ CURVE
MEASURED INEQUALITY
MEASURING INEQUALITY
MONETARY TERMS
MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS
NET WORTH
OPPORTUNITY COST
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
POLICY RESEARCH
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POOR INDIVIDUALS
POPULATION SHARE
POVERTY MONITORING
PRICE DIFFERENCES
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC GOOD
PUBLIC SPENDING
PURCHASE PRICE
REGIONAL DIFFERENCES
RELATIVE POSITION
RURAL AREAS
SAMPLE SIZES
SHADOW PRICES
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
SOCIOECONOMIC INEQUALITY
URBAN AREAS
USE VALUE
WEALTH
WELFARE MEASURE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/06/4846066/sometimes-more-equal-others-health-inequalities-depend-choice-welfare-indicator
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14065

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/06/4846066/sometimes-more-equal-others-health-inequalities-depend-choice-welfare-indicator
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14065

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