Measuring the magnitude of socio-economic inequalities in health: an overview of available measures illustrated with two examples from Europe

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1997
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Abstract
In this paper we review the available summary measures for the magnitude of socio-economic inequalities in health. Measures which have been used differ in a number of important respects, including (1) the measurement of "relative" or "absolute" differences; (2) the measurement of an "effect" of lowe …
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Authors Mackenbach JP;Kunst AE;;
Journal Social science & medicine (1982)
Year 1997
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National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE review Europe humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine models Netherlands / epidemiology Socioeconomic Factors theoretical* morbidity finland / epidemiology health services research / methods* mortality / trends health status* occupations a e kunst j p mackenbach pmid:9080560 doi:10.1016/s0277-9536(96)00073-1 social justice

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