On the measurement of horizontal inequity in the delivery of health care
January 1991
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volume 10, issue 2 pp 169-205.
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This paper offers a critical appraisal of the various methods used to date to investigate inequity in the delivery of health care. It concludes that none of the methods used to date is particularly well equipped to provide unbiassed estimates of the extent of inequity. It also concludes that Le Grand's (1978) approach is likely to point towards inequity favouring the rich even when none exists. The paper offers an alternative approach, which builds on the approaches to date but seeks to overcome their deficiencies.
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- measurement
- income groups
- care consumption
- model
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- person
- income-related inequity
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