We argue that policy analysis aiming at curving inequalities in health calls for a better
understanding of what we know about its measurement pathways. Assuming that health is a …

This article discusses measurement of socioeconomic inequalities in the prevalence of a
health condition, in response to the recent exchange between Guido Erreygers and Adam …

International comparisons of inequality based on measures of disposable income may not
be valid if the size and incidence of publicly provided in‐kind benefits differ across the …

Measurement of inequity in health care delivery has focused on the extent to which health
care utilisation is or is not distributed according to need, irrespective of income. Studies …

Background Globally, access to life-saving vaccines has improved considerably in the past 5
decades. However, progress has started to slow down and even reverse in recent years …

Studies show that the association between socio-economic status (SES) and self-rated
health (SRH) varies in different countries, however there are not many country-comparisons …

Welfare states provide social benefits in cash and in kind. Cash benefits are income
transfers, such as retirement pensions, family and unemployment benefits, and social …

Analyses in comparative political economy have the potential to contribute to understanding
health inequalities within and between societies. This article uses a varieties of capitalism …

Background Many low-and middle-income countries are experiencing an epidemiological
transition from communicable to non-communicable diseases. This has negative …

This article examines the measurement of the success of the redistributive function
describing strategies used for measuring the inequality of the outcomes of a health care …