Health Inequality : Morality and Measurement /

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A unique blend of philosophy and quantitative research, Health Inequality will prove a valuable tool for academics and policymakers alike.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Asada, Yukiko (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2007]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Public health > Social aspects.
Public health > Moral and ethical aspects.
Health services accessibility.
Equality > Health aspects.
MEDICAL > Health Policy.
Égalite (Sociologie) > Aspect sanitaire > États-Unis > Statistiques.
Égalite (Sociologie) > Aspect sanitaire > États-Unis.
Services de sante > Accessibilite.
Sociologie de la sante.
Sante publique > Aspect moral.
Égalite (Sociologie) > Aspect sanitaire.
Health Services Accessibility
Health Status Disparities
Health Status Indicators
Public Health > ethics
Socioeconomic Factors
Equality > Health aspects > United States.
Equality > Health aspects > United States > Statistics.
United States.
Statistiques.
Statistics.
Computer network resources.
Statistics
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Setting the Stage
  • Traditional and New Approaches
  • The Aim and the Plan
  • Terminology
  • Preliminary Discussion: Why are We Morally Interested in Health Distribution?
  • FrameworkWhich Health Distributions Are Inequitable?
  • Introduction
  • Equity as Equality in Health
  • Health Inequality as an Indicator of Social Justice
  • Three Egalitarian Reasons Revisited
  • What Measurement Choices Must Be Faced to Measure Health Inequity?
  • Introduction
  • Issues about Health
  • Unit of. Time
  • Unit of. Analysis
  • Different Perspectives on Health Equity Revisited
  • How Can a Health Distribution Be Summarized into One Number?
  • Introduction
  • Preliminaries
  • The Five Questions: An Overview
  • The Five Questions: A Close Look
  • Summary
  • Framework Revisited
  • Empirical IllustrationBridgingConcepts and Analysis
  • Overview
  • Building Blocks
  • How Healthy Were Americans on Average in
  • And 1995?
  • Did Health Equity Improve in the United States between
  • And 1995?
  • Empirical Analyses from Different Perspectives on Health Equity
  • Discussion
  • Conclusion
  • Summary
  • Future Work
  • Five Popular Health Inequality Measures
  • Intermediate Ineguality in the WHO Health Inequality Index
  • The Dead Imputation
  • The Gini Coefficient
  • The Foster-Greer-Thorbecke (FGT) Measure
  • Adjustment of Household Income for Family Size and Structure.

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