Monitoring health inequalities when the socio-economic composition changes: are the slope and relative indices of inequality appropriate? Results of a simulation study

BACKGROUND: The slope (SII) and relative (RII) indices of inequality are commonly recommended to monitor health inequality policies. As an upwards shift of the educational level distribution (ELD) can be part of those policies, we examine how such a shift affects the SII, the RII and the population...

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Autores principales: Renard, Françoise, Devleesschauwer, Brecht, Speybroeck, Niko, Deboosere, Patrick
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6543610/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31146708
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6980-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6543610/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31146708
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6980-1

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