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Overall versus socioeconomic health inequality: a measurement framework and two empirical illustrations
Author(s) -
Wagstaff Adam,
Doorslaer Eddy van
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
health economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.55
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1099-1050
pISSN - 1057-9230
DOI - 10.1002/hec.822
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , inequality , vietnamese , health equity , demographic economics , econometrics , economics , demography , sociology , economic growth , mathematics , health care , population , mathematical analysis , linguistics , philosophy
This paper outlines a framework for comparing empirically overall health inequality and socioeconomic health inequality. The framework, which is developed for both individual‐level data and grouped data, is illustrated using data on malnutrition amongst Vietnamese children and on health utility amongst Canadian adults. In both cases, the degree of socioeconomic inequality is estimated at around 25% of overall inequality. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.