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Income-Related Health Inequality in Canada

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Humphries, K.H.
Van Doorslaer, E.

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Abstract

This study uses data from 1994 National Population Health Survey and applies the methods developed by Wagstaff and van Doorslaer (1994) to measure the degree of income related health inequality in Canada by means of concentration indices.

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Paper provided by University of British Columbia - Centre for Health Services and Policy Research. in its series Centre for Health Services and Policy Research with number 98:10d.

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Length: 17 pages
Date of creation: 1998
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Handle: RePEc:fth:brichs:98:10d

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Keywords: HEALTH SERVICES ; INCOME;

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I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets
D30 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - General
D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution

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  1. Jean-Yves Duclos & Damien Echevin, 2008. "Health and income: A robust comparison of Canada and the US," Cahiers de recherche 08-08, Departement d'Economique de la Faculte d'administration à l'Universite de Sherbrooke. [Downloadable!]
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  3. Wagstaff, Adam, 2002. "Inequality aversion, health inequalities, and health achievement," Policy Research Working Paper Series 2765, The World Bank. [Downloadable!]
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  4. Peter Franks & Erica I. Lubetkin & Joy Melnikow, 2007. "Do personal and societal preferences differ by socio-demographic group?," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 16(3), pages 319-325. [Downloadable!]
  5. M. Dolores Montoya Diaz, 2002. "Socio-economic health inequalities in Brazil: gender and age effects," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 11(2), pages 141-154. [Downloadable!]
  6. Wagstaf, Adam & Paci, Pierella & Joshi, Heather, 2001. "Causes of inequality in health : who are you? where do you live? or who your parents were?," Policy Research Working Paper Series 2713, The World Bank. [Downloadable!]
  7. Paula Veiga, 2005. "Income-related health inequality in Portugal," Working Papers 28, Núcleo de Investigação em Microeconomia Aplicada (NIMA), Universidade do Minho. [Downloadable!]
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