Measuring the magnitude of socio-economic inequalities in health: an overview of available measures illustrated with two examples from Europe
Mackenbach JP;Kunst AE;;
Social science & medicine (1982)1997Vol. 44pp. -
262
jp1997socialmeasuring
Abstract
In this paper we review the available summary measures for the magnitude of socio-economic inequalities in health. Measures which have been used differ in a number of important respects, including (1) the measurement of "relative" or "absolute" differences; (2) the measurement of an "effect" of lowe …