Open AccessMeasuring Socioeconomic Differences in Use of Health Care Services by Wealth Versus by Income
Author(s) -
Sara Allin,
Cristina Masseria,
Elías Mossialos
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2008.141499
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , equity (law) , health care , social class , household income , population , environmental health , gerontology , demography , medicine , geography , economics , economic growth , political science , sociology , market economy , archaeology , law
We compared the extent of socioeconomic differences in use of health care services based on wealth (i.e., accumulated assets) as the socioeconomic ranking variable with the extent of differences based on income to explore the sensitivity of the estimates of equity to the choice of the socioeconomic indicator.