Sometimes More Equal Than Others: How Health Inequalities Depend on the Choice of Welfare Indicator

A large body of empirical work in recent years has focused on measuring and explaining socioeconomic inequalities in health outcomes and health service use. In any effort to address these questions, analysts must confront the issue of how to measur...

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Main Author:	Lindelöw, Magnus
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
Subjects:	HEALTH INEQUALITIES WELFARE INDICATORS SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATORS INCOME HOUSEHOLDS WELFARE CONSUMPTION LIVING STANDARDS HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH INEQUITIES HEALTH CARE SERVICES ASSET INDEX ASSET INDICES ASSETS COMMUNITIES CONSUMPTION DATA CONSUMPTION PATTERNS DATA ANALYSIS DATA REQUIREMENTS DATA SOURCES DEFLATION DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DURABLE GOODS ECONOMIES OF SCALE ECONOMISTS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPIRICAL LEVEL EMPIRICAL WORK EXPENDITURE DATA FOOD CONSUMPTION GENDER GINI COEFFICIENT HEALTH CARE HEALTH CENTER HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH SERVICE HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SURVEY HEALTH SURVEYS HOME-PRODUCED FOOD HORIZONTAL EQUITY HOUSEHOLD ASSETS HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD DURABLES HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSING INCOME QUINTILES INDIVIDUAL LEVEL INEQUALITY MEASURES LEISURE LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARD LORENZ CURVE MEASURED INEQUALITY MEASURING INEQUALITY MONETARY TERMS MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS NET WORTH OPPORTUNITY COST PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POLICY RESEARCH POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR INDIVIDUALS POPULATION SHARE POVERTY MONITORING PRICE DIFFERENCES PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC GOOD PUBLIC SPENDING PURCHASE PRICE REGIONAL DIFFERENCES RELATIVE POSITION RURAL AREAS SAMPLE SIZES SHADOW PRICES SIGNIFICANT IMPACT SOCIOECONOMIC INEQUALITY URBAN AREAS USE VALUE WEALTH WELFARE MEASURE
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