Measuring health inequality: Challenges and new directions

Christopher J L Murray; Julio Frenk; Emmanuela E. Gakidou

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780192631961.003.0010

Measuring health inequality: Challenges and new directions

Christopher J L Murray, Julio Frenk, Emmanuela E. Gakidou

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Abstract

This chapter discusses two topics related to health inequalities: the measurement of health inequality and social inequalities as determinants of health status. It suggests an alternative framework for studying health inequality, wherein 'health inequality' refers to the variation in health status across individuals in a population. This is a use distinct from the concept of health inequalities used in studies of health differences between social groups. The use of 'health inequality' to refer to a composite measure of individual-level variation is consistent with other disciplines studying inequality across individuals.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Poverty, Inequality, and Health: An International Perspective
Publisher	Oxford University Press
ISBN (Print)	9780191723599, 0192631969, 9780192631961
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780192631961.003.0010
State	Published - Sep 1 2009
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Health inequalities
Health status
Individual-level variation
Social inequality

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Medicine(all)

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