of such health inequality measures as the concentration index (CI) depends crucially on the underlying health measure …. The highest degree of inequality is found when dichotomized subjective health measures like health satisfaction or self …-assessed health (SAH) are employed. Measures of medical care usage like doctor visits result in substantially lower concentration …

objective health measures. -- Health inequality ; concentration index ; income measurement ; SOEP …We show that the choice of the welfare measure has a substantial impact on the degree of welfare-related health … inequality. Combining various income and wealth measures with different health measures, we calculate 80 health concentration …

außerordentlich positiv eingeschätzt. -- Greifkraft ; Gesundheitsmessung ; SHARE ; SOEP ; grip strength ; health measurement ; SHARE …Dieses Paper zeigt, dass die Messung der Handgreifkraft ein auch in sozialwissenschaftlichen Bevölkerungsumfragen … 2004 erstmals erhobene Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) und der Pretest 2005 des Sozio …

Self-rated health (SRH) is a common health measurement in international research. Yet different versions of this item … health variables. Data were drawn from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), comprising information … versions. Information was collected on basic demographics and health variables including chronic diseases, symptoms, functional …