Inequality Aversion, Health Inequalities, and Health Achievement

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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Bibliographic Details
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

Internet

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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