Defining and measuring health inequality: an approach based on the distribution of health expectancy

This paper proposes an approach to conceptualizing and operationalizing the measurement of health inequality, defined as differences in health across individuals in the population. We propose that health is an intrinsic component of well-being and thus we should be concerned with inequality in healt...

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Main Authors: E.E Gakidou, C.J.L Murray, J Frenk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2000-01-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862000000100005&lng=en&tlng=en