Measurement and decomposition of income-related inequality in self-rated health among the elderly in China

Measurement and decomposition of income-related inequality in self-rated health among the elderly in China

Abstract Background Population ageing in China has brought increasing attention to the health inequalities of the elderly. The purpose of this paper is to measure income-related health inequality among the elderly in China and decompose its causes. Methods The data are from the China Health and Reti...

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Main Authors: Hai Gu, Yun Kou, Hua You, Xinpeng Xu, Nichao Yang, Jing Liu, Xiyan Liu, Jinghong Gu, Xiaolu Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:International Journal for Equity in Health
Subjects:
Corrected concentration index
Decomposition
Elderly
Income-related inequality
Self-rated health
China
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12939-019-0909-2

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