Health inequality : morality and measurement / / Yukiko Asada |
Autore | Asada Yukiko |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (311 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.1/042 |
Soggetto topico |
Equality - Health aspects
Public health - Moral and ethical aspects Public health - Social aspects Health services accessibility Equality - Health aspects - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4426-1669-5
1-4426-8440-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- Part I. Framework -- 2. Which Health Distributions Are Inequitable? -- 3. What Measurement Choices Must Be Faced to Measure Health Inequity? -- 4. How Can a Health Distribution Be Summarized into One Number? -- Part II. Empirical Illustration -- 5. Bridging Concepts And Analysis -- 6. Did Health Equity Improve In The United States Between 1990 And 1995? -- 7. Conclusion -- Appendix -- Appendix A: Five Popular Health Inequality Measures -- Appendix B: Intermediate Inequality in the Who Health Inequality Index -- Appendix C: The Dead Imputation -- Appendix D: The Gini Coefficient -- Appendix E: The Foster-Greer-Thorbecke (FGT) Measure -- Appendix F: Adjustment of Household Income for Family Size and Structure -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455092703321 |
Asada Yukiko
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2007 | ||
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Health inequality : morality and measurement / / Yukiko Asada |
Autore | Asada Yukiko |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (311 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.1/042 |
Soggetto topico |
Equality - Health aspects
Public health - Moral and ethical aspects Public health - Social aspects Health services accessibility Equality - Health aspects - United States |
ISBN |
1-4426-1669-5
1-4426-8440-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Setting the Stage -- Traditional and New Approaches -- The Aim and the Plan -- Terminology -- Preliminary Discussion: Why are We Morally Interested in Health Distribution? -- FrameworkWhich Health Distributions Are Inequitable? -- Introduction -- Equity as Equality in Health -- Health Inequality as an Indicator of Social Justice -- Three Egalitarian Reasons Revisited -- What Measurement Choices Must Be Faced to Measure Health Inequity? -- Introduction -- Issues about Health -- ; Unit of. Time -- ; Unit of. Analysis -- Different Perspectives on Health Equity Revisited -- How Can a Health Distribution Be Summarized into One Number? -- Introduction -- Preliminaries -- The Five Questions: An Overview -- The Five Questions: A Close Look -- Summary -- Framework Revisited -- Empirical IllustrationBridgingConcepts and Analysis -- Overview -- Building Blocks -- How Healthy Were Americans on Average in -- And 1995? -- Did Health Equity Improve in the United States between -- And 1995? -- Empirical Analyses from Different Perspectives on Health Equity -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Summary -- Future Work -- Five Popular Health Inequality Measures -- Intermediate Ineguality in the WHO Health Inequality Index -- The Dead Imputation -- The Gini Coefficient -- The Foster-Greer-Thorbecke (FGT) Measure -- Adjustment of Household Income for Family Size and Structure. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778090503321 |
Asada Yukiko
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2007 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Health inequality : morality and measurement / / Yukiko Asada |
Autore | Asada Yukiko |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (311 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.1/042 |
Soggetto topico |
Equality - Health aspects
Public health - Moral and ethical aspects Public health - Social aspects Health services accessibility Equality - Health aspects - United States |
ISBN |
1-4426-1669-5
1-4426-8440-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Setting the Stage -- Traditional and New Approaches -- The Aim and the Plan -- Terminology -- Preliminary Discussion: Why are We Morally Interested in Health Distribution? -- FrameworkWhich Health Distributions Are Inequitable? -- Introduction -- Equity as Equality in Health -- Health Inequality as an Indicator of Social Justice -- Three Egalitarian Reasons Revisited -- What Measurement Choices Must Be Faced to Measure Health Inequity? -- Introduction -- Issues about Health -- ; Unit of. Time -- ; Unit of. Analysis -- Different Perspectives on Health Equity Revisited -- How Can a Health Distribution Be Summarized into One Number? -- Introduction -- Preliminaries -- The Five Questions: An Overview -- The Five Questions: A Close Look -- Summary -- Framework Revisited -- Empirical IllustrationBridgingConcepts and Analysis -- Overview -- Building Blocks -- How Healthy Were Americans on Average in -- And 1995? -- Did Health Equity Improve in the United States between -- And 1995? -- Empirical Analyses from Different Perspectives on Health Equity -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Summary -- Future Work -- Five Popular Health Inequality Measures -- Intermediate Ineguality in the WHO Health Inequality Index -- The Dead Imputation -- The Gini Coefficient -- The Foster-Greer-Thorbecke (FGT) Measure -- Adjustment of Household Income for Family Size and Structure. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813913203321 |
Asada Yukiko
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2007 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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