Equity and health: a perspective on nonrandom distribution of health in the population

The nonrandom distribution of ill health across and within populations is cause for ethical concern. Systematic differences in health across populations and subpopulations are a result of interactions among many types of influences operating on broad ecological, community, and individual levels. The...

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Main Author: Starfield Barbara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pan American Health Organization 2002-01-01
Series:Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892002001200004