Van de Poel, Ellen; Van Doorslaer, Eddy; O’Donnell, Owen - In: Journal of Health Economics 31 (2012) 4, pp. 676-689
We propose a method of measuring and decomposing inequity in health care utilisation that allows for heterogeneity in the use–need relationship. This makes explicit inequity that derives from unequal treatment response to variation in need, as well as that due to differential effects of...