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A publicly well-accepted measure versus an academically desirable measure of health inequality: cross-sectional comparison of the difference between income quintiles with the slope index of inequality

OBJECTIVES: The difference between income quintiles in health is relatively well accepted by the general public as a measure of health inequality. However, the slope index of inequality (SII) in health reflects the patterns of all social groups, including the middle 60%, and it could therefore be co...

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Autores principales: Khang, Young-Ho, Lim, Dohee, Bahk, Jinwook, Kim, Ikhan, Kang, Hee-Yeon, Chang, Youngs, Jung-Choi, Kyunghee
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6597623/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31248930
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028687