concentration-index approach that has been widely applied to study equity in physician and hospital services. Because dental care is … separately equity in total dental visits and in preventive visits. This is important because the case for equity is much clearer …

This study examines the impact that private financing of prescription drugs in Canada has on equity in the utilization … econometric methods based on concentration curves to measure equity in physician utilization and its contributors in the province … for individuals with no chronic conditions than those with at least one condition. Results of the equity analyses reveal …

Greater recognition by economists of the influential role that concern for distributional equity exerts on decision …

needs would improve equity in the allocation of health care resources to populations and result in a considerable …

-related equity, to assess distance-related equity in hospital utilization in the province of Ontario, Canada. The analysis is based …