The unequal distribution of income is a fundamental determinant of health inequalities. Decision making around economic … policies could be enhanced by showing their potential health effects. We used scenario modelling to assess the effects of 12 …. 'Triple I', a health inequalities scenario modelling tool, was used to estimate policy effects on YLL and government spending …

link. Children's health behaviour and the health accumulated over the life course appear as important channels. The …

The measurement of health inequalities usually involves either estimating the concentration of health outcomes using an … income-based measure of status or applying conventional inequalitymeasurement tools to a health variable that is non … distribution of health outcomes: this enables us to deal consistently with categorical data. We examine several status concepts to …

Approaches to measuring health inequalities are often problematic in that they use methods that are inappropriate for … categorical data. The approach here focuses on "pure" or univariate health inequality (rather than income-related or bivariate … health inequality) and is based on a concept of individual status that allows a consistent treatment of such data. We use …