A graphical summary of disparities in health care and related summary measures

被引：6
作者：
Gastwirth, Joseph L. [1 ]
机构：
[1] George Washington Univ, Dept Stat, Washington, DC 20052 USA
来源：
JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL PLANNING AND INFERENCE | 2007年 / 137卷 / 03期
基金：
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词：
disparate treatment; health care; health disparity; Lorenz curve; screening tests;
D O I：
10.1016/j.jspi.2006.06.024
中图分类号：
O21 [概率论与数理统计]; C8 [统计学];
学科分类号：
020208 ; 070103 ; 0714 ;
摘要：
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.
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页码：1059 / 1065
页数：7
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