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Health inequality : morality and measurement / Yukiko Asada.
De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Asada, Yukiko, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Equality--Health aspects.
- Equality.
- Public health--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Public health.
- Public health--Social aspects.
- Health services accessibility.
- Equality--Health aspects--United States.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (311 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A unique blend of philosophy and quantitative research, Health Inequality will prove a valuable tool for academics and policymakers alike.
- "In this study, Yukiko Asada seeks to describe the role that morality and theories of justice play in health inequality research, and to articulate the moral philosophy underlying this field of Inquiry. Composed of two distinct parts, Health Inequality first proposes a framework for measuring health inequality that reflects moral concerns. The book then goes on to show how this framework can be applied to quantitative study. Using a case study approach, Asada analyses whether or not health equity improved in the United States between 1990 and 1995"--Jacket.
- Contents:
- 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?
- 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?
- 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
- Empirical Analyses from Different Perspectives on Health Equity
- Discussion
- Conclusion
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4426-1669-5
- 1-4426-8440-2
- OCLC:
- 311308371
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