Impact of choice of living standard indicators on the equality index of health and health service utilization
10.3969/j.issn.1674-2982.2015.03.010
- VernacularTitle:生活水平指标选择对健康及卫生服务利用公平性指数的影响
- Author:
Ruyan XU
;
Min HU
;
Lu YE
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Wealth index;
Health;
Health services utilization;
Concentration index
- From:
Chinese Journal of Health Policy
2015;8(3):51-55
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To evaluate outcomes and differences of the equality indexes of health and health service utilization in different living standard indicators. Methods: Using multi-phase stratified random sampling to select samples of rural families in Ningxia region and collect data about sample families' income, consumption, wealth and some relevant data on family members' health status and health services utilization. Using concentration index to measure the equality of health and health services utilization with income, consumption or wealth index as living standard indicators respectively and discuss the differences of the outcomes. Results:For different living standard in-dicators, the correlation between each other was weak. The differences of concentration indexes with different living standard indicators between 0. 01 to 0. 21 , and most of whichweresignificant on the level of 0. 05. Conclusion: The impact of choice of living standard indicators on the equality index of health and health service utilization was signifi-cant. In a limited area, living standards measured by wealth index could be more accurate and objective than by in-come or consumption, but the condition of this method wasmore strict.
