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On the measurement of inequalities in health

Social Science & Medicine · 1991 · Vol. 33(5) · pp. 545–557

Adam Wagstaff✉(University of Sussex)Pierella Paci(City, University of London)Eddy van Doorslaer

Global Health Care Issues Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Income, Poverty, and InequalityInequalityIndex (typography)Lorenz curveSocioeconomic statusMathematicsEconometricsRange (aeronautics)Measure (data warehouse)StatisticsHealth equity

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Abstracting and IndexingFemaleUnited KingdomHealth Services ResearchHealth Status IndicatorsHumansMaleMathematicsMorbidityMortalityScandinavian and Nordic CountriesSocial ClassSocial JusticeSocioeconomic Factors

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