Journal:
:international journal of health policy and management
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mostafa amini rarani
department of health management and economics, school of public health,
tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran arash rashidian
department of health management and economics, school of public health,
tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran ardeshir khosravi
deputy of public health, ministry of health and medical education,
tehran, iran mohammad arab
department of health management and economics, school of public health,
tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran ezatollah abbasian
department of economics, bu-ali sina university, hamadan, iran esmaeil khedmati morasae
department of public health, qom university of medical sciences, qom, iran
background exploring changes in health inequality and its determinants over time is of policy interest. accordingly, this study aimed to decompose inequality in neonatal mortality into its contributing factors and then explore changes from 1995-2000 to 2005-2010 in iran. methods required data were drawn from two iran’s demographic and health survey (dhs) conducted in 2000 and 2010. normalized...