Value Judgments in Health Inequality Measurement

Value judgments lurk beneath the surface in any study of health inequalities; analysts sought to understand them, make them explicit, and present results transparently to policymakers so that they, rather than analysts, decide which set of value judgments should be invoked. That is the key message o...

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Main Author:	Wagstaff, Adam
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. 2016
Subjects:	inequality health inequality inequality of attainment socioeconomic inequality absolute inequality relative inequality
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23551

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spelling	okr-10986-235512021-04-23T14:04:16Z Value Judgments in Health Inequality Measurement Wagstaff, Adam inequality health inequality inequality of attainment socioeconomic inequality absolute inequality relative inequality Value judgments lurk beneath the surface in any study of health inequalities; analysts sought to understand them, make them explicit, and present results transparently to policymakers so that they, rather than analysts, decide which set of value judgments should be invoked. That is the key message of the paper “Lies, Damned Lies, and Health Inequality Measurements” by Gustav Kjellsson, Ulf-G Gerdtham, and Dennis Petrie. In this Commentary, the author offers some thoughts on, and practical suggestions regarding, the two interrelated issues highlighted by Kjellsson et al. (absolute vs. relative inequality; and the mirror issue). In so doing, he uses their valuable article as a springboard. 2016-01-04T17:45:08Z 2016-01-04T17:45:08Z 2015-09 Journal Article Epidemiology 1044-3983 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23551 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research
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description	Value judgments lurk beneath the surface in any study of health inequalities; analysts sought to understand them, make them explicit, and present results transparently to policymakers so that they, rather than analysts, decide which set of value judgments should be invoked. That is the key message of the paper “Lies, Damned Lies, and Health Inequality Measurements” by Gustav Kjellsson, Ulf-G Gerdtham, and Dennis Petrie. In this Commentary, the author offers some thoughts on, and practical suggestions regarding, the two interrelated issues highlighted by Kjellsson et al. (absolute vs. relative inequality; and the mirror issue). In so doing, he uses their valuable article as a springboard.
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title	Value Judgments in Health Inequality Measurement
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publisher	Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.
publishDate	2016
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Value Judgments in Health Inequality Measurement

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