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

• Egile Nagusiak: E.E Gakidou (Egilea), C.J.L Murray (Egilea), J Frenk (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: The World Health Organization, 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Gaiak: article
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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...