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Analysis of socioeconomic health inequalities using the concentration index

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This paper resulted from cooperation initiated through meetings organized by the WHO European Office for Investment for Health and Development, Venice, Italy.

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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering, SCD (SISTA), K.U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

    Peter Konings

  2. Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

    Sam Harper

  3. Sansom Institute, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

    John Lynch

  4. Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

    John Lynch

  5. World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

    Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor

  6. Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

    Dirk Berkvens & Niko Speybroeck

  7. Institute of Health and Society, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium

    Vincent Lorant & Niko Speybroeck

  8. Kosice Institute for Society and Health, Kosice, Slovak Republic

    Andrea Geckova

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Konings, P., Harper, S., Lynch, J. et al. Analysis of socioeconomic health inequalities using the concentration index. Int J Public Health 55, 71–74 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-009-0078-y

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