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Epidemiology

a measure of socioeconomic inequality in health showing how a health variable is concentrated among the poor or the rich.

In epidemiology, concentration index refers to a measure of socioeconomic inequality in health showing how a health variable is concentrated among the poor or the rich. This meaning comes from Wagstaff (1991) in Social Science & Medicine.[1]

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References

Wagstaff, A., Paci, P., & van Doorslaer, E. (1991). On the measurement of inequalities in health. Social Science & Medicine, 33(5), 545-557. https://doi.org/10.1016/0277-9536(91)90212-u

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