Quantifying Inequalities in Childhood Immunization Using Summary Measures of Health Inequality: An Application of WHO Stata and R ‘Healthequal’ Packages

Quantifying Inequalities in Childhood Immunization Using Summary Measures of Health Inequality: An Application of WHO Stata and R ‘Healthequal’ Packages

<b>Background:</b> Monitoring immunization inequalities is crucial for achieving equity in vaccine coverage. Summary measures of health inequality provide a single numerical expression of immunization inequality. However, the impact of different summary measures on conclusions about immu...

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Main Authors: Katherine Kirkby, Daniel A. Antiporta, Anne Schlotheuber, Patricia Menéndez, M. Carolina Danovaro-Holliday, Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-11-01
Series:Vaccines
Subjects:
health inequality
health equity
health disparity
Stata
R
summary measures of inequality
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/12/12/1324

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https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/12/12/1324

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