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Measuring and Testing for Inequity in the Delivery of Health Care

Year: 2000

Type: article

Abstract: This paper compares two indices of horizontal inequity in the delivery of health care, the index proposed by Wagstaff, van Doorslaer, and Paci (1991), and another index derived in this paper. As well as discussing the computational aspects of these two indices, the paper also addresses the issue of statistical inference, comparing two estimators for the standard error of each index. The paper contains an empirical illustration of both sets of methods using data from the 1992 Dutch Health Interview Survey.

Source: The Journal of Human Resources

DOI: 10.2307/146369

Authors: Adam Wagstaff, Eddy van Doorslaer

Language: English

Topic: Healthcare Systems and Reforms

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1750398681

FWCI: 8.979

Cites: 16

Cited by: 341

Related to: 10