We propose simple modifications for the Kakwani tax progressivity measure that make it suitable for evaluating access inequality for medical services. Our modification is to measure inequality using the ratio of the concentration index to the Gini coefficient instead of the difference between...

Income-related inequalities and horizontal inequity in health-care utilisation have recently been widely studied using linear additive models of decomposition. This paper applies new methods of decomposition by factors, based on microsimulation technique. Besides avoiding the unavoidable price...