A graphical summary of disparities in health care and related summary measures
A graphical summary of disparities in health care and related summary measures
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jspi.2006.06.024
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发表时间:
2007-03-01
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0.9
通讯作者:
Gastwirth, Joseph L.
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作者:
Gastwirth, Joseph L.
In order to assess the effectiveness of government programs designed to reduce disparities in the health care minority groups receive relative to the majority white population, a proper statistical measure should be used. This article proposes a measure of and its accompanying graph, which is readily interpretable and is not affected by the number of minority subgroups examined. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.