Measuring global health inequity

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Notions of equity are fundamental to, and drive much of the current thinking about global health. Health inequity, however, is usually measured using health inequality as a proxy – implicitly conflating equity and equality. Unfortuna...

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Main Authors: Allotey Pascale, Reidpath Daniel D
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-10-01
Series:International Journal for Equity in Health
Online Access:http://www.equityhealthj.com/content/6/1/16