Equity in health: the importance of different health streams.

Abstract:

:This paper develops a conceptual framework in which preferences about the distribution of future health gains depend on differences in four 'health streams'. These are as follows: (1) the amount of health to be gained; (2) the no-treatment profiles; (3) the amount of health experienced thus far: and (4) the amount of health gained previously as a result of public health interventions. This classification puts the well-established concerns for severity (stream 2) and age weights (stream 3) into a more complete analytical framework. Stream 4 has not been discussed to date and the paper suggests some moral arguments about the distributive relevance of this stream of health.

journal_name

J Health Econ

authors

Dolan PA,Olsen JA

doi

10.1016/s0167-6296(01)00095-9

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2001-09-01 00:00:00

pages

823-34

issue

5

eissn

0167-6296

issn

1879-1646

pii

S0167629601000959

journal_volume

20

pub_type

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