Journal article
Health inequalities and inequities by age: Stability for the Health Utilities Index and divergence for the Frailty Index
Abstract
Successful aging is an important policy goal in an aging society. A key indicator of successful aging of a population is whether health inequalities (differences) and inequities (unfair differences) in the population increase or decrease with age. This study investigates how health inequalities and inequities differ across age groups in the Canadian population within the equity framework of equal opportunity for health, using two popular …
Authors
Asada Y; Hurley J; Grignon M; Kirkland S
Journal
SSM - Population Health, Vol. 5, , pp. 17–32
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
August 2018
DOI
10.1016/j.ssmph.2018.04.002
ISSN
2352-8273