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Lies, Damned Lies, and Health Inequality Measurements: Understanding the Value Judgments

Measuring and monitoring socioeconomic health inequalities are critical for understanding the impact of policy decisions. However, the measurement of health inequality is far from value neutral, and one can easily present the measure that best supports one’s chosen conclusion or selectively exclude...

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Autores principales: Kjellsson, Gustav, Gerdtham, Ulf-G, Petrie, Dennis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4521896/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26133019
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/EDE.0000000000000319