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Analysis of socioeconomic health inequalities using the concentration index

Authors: Peter Konings, Sam Harper, John Lynch, Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor, Dirk Berkvens, Vincent Lorant, Andrea Geckova, Niko Speybroeck

Published in: International Journal of Public Health | Issue 1/2010

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Although “average” health conditions at national and global levels may have improved, inequalities in health conditions still exist among and within countries (Mackenbach et al. 2008; Smits and Monden 2009). Epidemiologists often focus on average health and try to understand its determinants. This is important, but measuring and understanding inequalities in health, i.e. the gap in health between disadvantaged and better-off groups, is an additional concern for health policy makers, health communicators and health scientists. …

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Title: Analysis of socioeconomic health inequalities using the concentration index
Authors: Peter Konings
Sam Harper
John Lynch
Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor
Dirk Berkvens
Vincent Lorant
Andrea Geckova
Niko Speybroeck
Publication date: 01-02-2010
Publisher: SP Birkhäuser Verlag Basel
Published in: International Journal of Public Health / Issue 1/2010
Print ISSN: 1661-8556
Electronic ISSN: 1661-8564
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-009-0078-y

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