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Index-Based Inequality in Quality of Care: An Empirical Comparison of Apples and Pears

Clinical Epidemiology, 2021
Vibe Bolvig Hyldgård,1,2 Søren Paaske Johnsen,3 Rikke Søgaard1,4 1Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark; 2Health Economics, DEFACTUM, Central Region Denmark, Aarhus, Denmark; 3Danish Center for Clinical Health Services Research,
Hyldgård VB, Johnsen SP, Søgaard R
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Socioeconomic inequalities in risk factors for non communicable diseases in low-income and middle-income countries: results from the World Health Survey

BMC Public Health, 2012
Background Monitoring inequalities in non communicable disease risk factor prevalence can help to inform and target effective interventions. The prevalence of current daily smoking, low fruit and vegetable consumption, physical inactivity, and heavy ...
Hosseinpoor Ahmad, Bergen Nicole, Kunst Anton, Harper Sam, Guthold Regina, Rekve Dag, d'Espaignet Edouard, Naidoo Nirmala, Chatterji Somnath   +8 more
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Spatial Decomposition of Inequality [PDF]

inequality, index ...
Wan, Guanghua, Shorrocks, Anthony
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Measuring inequality of poverty: theory and an application to India [PDF]

The commonly used poverty indices measure the overall level of poverty in a society but fail to capture the differential intensity across different socioeconomic groups.
Singh, Ashish
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My group beats your group : evaluating non-income inequalities [PDF]

, 2013
This paper proposes a new methodology, the Domination Index, to evaluate non-income inequalities between social groups such as inequalities of educational attainment, occupational status, health or subjective well-being.
Tugce, Cuhadaroglu, Cuhadaroglu, Tugce
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The Measurement of the Minimum Cost of Living Using LES in Ilam Province [PDF]

فصلنامه پژوهش‌های اقتصادی ایران, 2007
There are several definitions and measurement of poverty .In this study we use the relative poverty line by using and basic groups of consumption pattern including foods, cloth, housing, health, transportation, recreation and education and others.
Shaker Mohamadi, Ali Sayemiri, Hadi Gorji   +2 more
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Measuring Bipolarization, Inequality, Welfare and Poverty [PDF]

This paper analyzes the relationship between bipolarization and inequality, welfare and poverty measures. First, we clarify the similarities and differences between bipolarization and inequality measures.
Juan Gabriel Rodríguez
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Economic Inequality and Health: Looking Beyond Aggregate Indicators [PDF]

This paper examines the relationship between relative income inequality and health in Finland, using individual microdata over the period 1993-2005. Our data allows us to analyse a large spectrum of health indicators.
Uutela, Antti, Johansson, Edvard, Böckerman, Petri, Helakorpi, Satu   +3 more
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The trend of full vaccination coverage in infants and inequalities by wealth quintile and maternal education: analysis from four recent demographic and health surveys in Nepal

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background Despite policy intention to reach disadvantaged populations, inequalities in health care resource use and health outcomes persist in Nepal.
Kiran Acharya, Yuba Raj Paudel, Dinesh Dharel   +2 more
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Beyond the Gini index: a poverty-normalized spatial Bayesian model for assessing territorial inequality

International Journal for Equity in Health
Background The Gini index is one of the most widely used measures of income inequality. However, it has limitations in allowing reliable comparisons across areas with different socio-economic structures, particularly in small populations, where the index
Xavier Perafita, Marta Solans, Laura Vilà-Quintana, Maria Antònia Barceló, Marc Saez   +4 more
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