This paper shows how value judgments can be explicitly recognized in measuring health ineqalities between the poor and the better-off, and how such inequalities can be included in assessments of countries' health indicators

This paper shows how value judgments can be explicitly recognized in measuring health inequalities between the poor and the better-off, and how such inequalities can be included in assessments of countries' health indicators. Wagstaff addresses two issues. First, how can health inequalities be...

The author addresses two issues. First, how can health inequalities be measured so as to take into account policymakers' attitudes toward inequality? The Gini coefficient and the related concentration index embody one particular set of value judgments. Generalizing these indexes allows...

The author addresses two issues. First, how can health inequalities be measured so as to take into account policymakers' attitudes toward inequality? The Gini coefficient and the related concentration index embody one particular set of value judgments. Generalizing these indexes allows...

In its latest World Health Report, The World Health Organization (WHO) argues that a key dimension of a health system's performance is the fairness of its financing system. The report discusses how policymakers can improve this aspect of performance, proposes an index of fairness, discusses how...