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Analysis of socioeconomic health inequalities using the concentration index

verfasst von: Peter Konings, Sam Harper, John Lynch, Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor, Dirk Berkvens, Vincent Lorant, Andrea Geckova, Niko Speybroeck

Erschienen in: International Journal of Public Health | Ausgabe 1/2010

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Although “average” health conditions at national and global levels may have improved, inequalities in health conditions still exist among and within countries (Mackenbach et al. 2008; Smits and Monden 2009). Epidemiologists often focus on average health and try to understand its determinants. This is important, but measuring and understanding inequalities in health, i.e. the gap in health between disadvantaged and better-off groups, is an additional concern for health policy makers, health communicators and health scientists. …

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Titel: Analysis of socioeconomic health inequalities using the concentration index
verfasst von: Peter Konings
Sam Harper
John Lynch
Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor
Dirk Berkvens
Vincent Lorant
Andrea Geckova
Niko Speybroeck
Publikationsdatum: 01.02.2010
Verlag: SP Birkhäuser Verlag Basel
Erschienen in: International Journal of Public Health / Ausgabe 1/2010
Print ISSN: 1661-8556
Elektronische ISSN: 1661-8564
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-009-0078-y

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