HEALTH DISPARITIES AND HEALTH EQUITY: Concepts and Measurement
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Health disparities and health equity: concepts and measurement.
There is little consensus about the meaning of the terms "health disparities," "health inequalities," or "health equity." The definitions can have important practical consequences, determining the measurements that are monitored by governments and international agencies and the activities that will be supported by resources earmarked to address health disparities/inequalities or health equity. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annual Review of Public Health
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0163-7525,1545-2093
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.27.021405.102103