Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics
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University of Southern Denmark, Dache - Danish Centre for Health Economics
No 2013:9: On the measurement of the (multidimensional) inequality of health distributions
Jens Leth Hougaard (), Juan D. Moreno-Ternero () and Lars Peter Østerdal ()
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Jens Leth Hougaard: Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, Postal: Rolighedsvej 25, DK-1958 Frederiksberg
Juan D. Moreno-Ternero: Department of Economics, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Postal: Carretera de Utrera, Km. 1, 41013 Seville, Spain
Lars Peter Østerdal: COHERE, Department of Business and Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Postal: Campusvej 55, DK-5230 Odense M
Abstract: Health outcomes are often described according to two dimensions: quality of life and quantity of life. We analyze the measurement of inequality of health distributions referring to these two dimensions. Our analysis relies on a novel treatment of the quality-of-life dimension, which might not have a standard mathematical structure. We single out two families of (absolute and relative) multidimensional health inequality indices, inspired by the classical normative approach to income inequality measurement. We also discuss how to extend the analysis to deal with the related problem of health deprivation measurement in this setting.
Keywords: Inequality; health; quantity of life; quality of life; QALYs; HYEs
20 pages, September 13, 2013
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