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A Monte Carlo method to estimate the confidence intervals for the concentration index using aggregated population register data

In this paper, we introduce several statistical methods to evaluate the uncertainty in the concentration index (C) for measuring socioeconomic equality in health and health care using aggregated total population register data. The C is a widely used index when measuring socioeconomic inequality, but...

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Autores principales: Lumme, Sonja, Sund, Reijo, Leyland, Alastair H., Keskimäki, Ilmo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4426159/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25983615
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10742-015-0137-1