Inequality Aversion, Health Inequalities, and Health Achievement

The author addresses two issues. First, how can health inequalities be measured so as to take into account policymakers' attitudes toward inequality? The Gini coefficient and the related concentration index embody one particular set of value j...

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Main Author:	Wagstaff, Adam
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	AVERAGE LEVEL DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISTRIBUTIONAL DATA ECONOMICS EMPIRICAL WORK EPIDEMIOLOGY EQUAL DISTRIBUTION GINI COEFFICIENT HEALTH INDICATORS HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GROUPS INCOME INEQUALITY INEQUALITY INEQUALITY AVERSION INEQUALITY AVERSION PARAMETER INEQUALITY INDEX INEQUALITY MEASURE INEQUALITY MEASUREMENT INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LIVING STANDARDS MALNUTRITION MEASURED INEQUALITY MORTALITY NUTRITION POLICY RESEARCH PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SERVICES REDUCING CHILD MORTALITY UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION EQUITABLE ACCESS ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE INCOME LEVELS HEALTH ASPECTS OF POVERTY HEALTH CARE DELIVERY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/01/1687158/inequality-aversion-health-inequalities-health-achievement http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15726

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spelling	okr-10986-157262021-04-23T14:03:19Z Inequality Aversion, Health Inequalities, and Health Achievement Wagstaff, Adam AVERAGE LEVEL DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISTRIBUTIONAL DATA ECONOMICS EMPIRICAL WORK EPIDEMIOLOGY EQUAL DISTRIBUTION GINI COEFFICIENT HEALTH INDICATORS HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GROUPS INCOME INEQUALITY INEQUALITY INEQUALITY AVERSION INEQUALITY AVERSION PARAMETER INEQUALITY INDEX INEQUALITY MEASURE INEQUALITY MEASUREMENT INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LIVING STANDARDS MALNUTRITION MEASURED INEQUALITY MORTALITY NUTRITION POLICY RESEARCH PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SERVICES REDUCING CHILD MORTALITY UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION EQUITABLE ACCESS HEALTH INDICATORS ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE INCOME LEVELS HEALTH ASPECTS OF POVERTY HEALTH CARE DELIVERY GINI COEFFICIENT The author addresses two issues. First, how can health inequalities be measured so as to take into account policymakers' attitudes toward inequality? The Gini coefficient and the related concentration index embody one particular set of value judgments. Generalizing these indexes allows alternative sets of value judgments to be reflected. And second, how can information on health inequality be combined with information on the mean of the relevant distribution to obtain an overall measure of health "achievement?" Applying the approach developed by Wagstaff shows how much worse some countries perform when the focus switches from average health to an achievement index that also reflects the health gap between the poor and the better-off. 2013-09-09T20:19:53Z 2013-09-09T20:19:53Z 2002-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/01/1687158/inequality-aversion-health-inequalities-health-achievement http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15726 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2765 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic	AVERAGE LEVEL DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISTRIBUTIONAL DATA ECONOMICS EMPIRICAL WORK EPIDEMIOLOGY EQUAL DISTRIBUTION GINI COEFFICIENT HEALTH INDICATORS HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GROUPS INCOME INEQUALITY INEQUALITY INEQUALITY AVERSION INEQUALITY AVERSION PARAMETER INEQUALITY INDEX INEQUALITY MEASURE INEQUALITY MEASUREMENT INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LIVING STANDARDS MALNUTRITION MEASURED INEQUALITY MORTALITY NUTRITION POLICY RESEARCH PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SERVICES REDUCING CHILD MORTALITY UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION EQUITABLE ACCESS HEALTH INDICATORS ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE INCOME LEVELS HEALTH ASPECTS OF POVERTY HEALTH CARE DELIVERY GINI COEFFICIENT
spellingShingle	AVERAGE LEVEL DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISTRIBUTIONAL DATA ECONOMICS EMPIRICAL WORK EPIDEMIOLOGY EQUAL DISTRIBUTION GINI COEFFICIENT HEALTH INDICATORS HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GROUPS INCOME INEQUALITY INEQUALITY INEQUALITY AVERSION INEQUALITY AVERSION PARAMETER INEQUALITY INDEX INEQUALITY MEASURE INEQUALITY MEASUREMENT INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LIVING STANDARDS MALNUTRITION MEASURED INEQUALITY MORTALITY NUTRITION POLICY RESEARCH PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SERVICES REDUCING CHILD MORTALITY UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION EQUITABLE ACCESS HEALTH INDICATORS ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE INCOME LEVELS HEALTH ASPECTS OF POVERTY HEALTH CARE DELIVERY GINI COEFFICIENT Wagstaff, Adam Inequality Aversion, Health Inequalities, and Health Achievement
relation	Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2765
description	The author addresses two issues. First, how can health inequalities be measured so as to take into account policymakers' attitudes toward inequality? The Gini coefficient and the related concentration index embody one particular set of value judgments. Generalizing these indexes allows alternative sets of value judgments to be reflected. And second, how can information on health inequality be combined with information on the mean of the relevant distribution to obtain an overall measure of health "achievement?" Applying the approach developed by Wagstaff shows how much worse some countries perform when the focus switches from average health to an achievement index that also reflects the health gap between the poor and the better-off.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Wagstaff, Adam
author_facet	Wagstaff, Adam
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title	Inequality Aversion, Health Inequalities, and Health Achievement
title_short	Inequality Aversion, Health Inequalities, and Health Achievement
title_full	Inequality Aversion, Health Inequalities, and Health Achievement
title_fullStr	Inequality Aversion, Health Inequalities, and Health Achievement
title_full_unstemmed	Inequality Aversion, Health Inequalities, and Health Achievement
title_sort	inequality aversion, health inequalities, and health achievement
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2013
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/01/1687158/inequality-aversion-health-inequalities-health-achievement http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15726
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Inequality Aversion, Health Inequalities, and Health Achievement

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