Annotated Bibliography on Equity in Health, 1980-2001

The purposes of this bibliography are to present an overview of the published literature on equity in health and to summarize key articles relevant to the mission of the International Society for Equity in Health (ISEqH). The intent is to show the directions being taken in health equity research including theories, methods, and interventions to understand the genesis of inequities and their remediation. Therefore, the bibliography includes articles from the health equity literature that focus on mechanisms by which inequities in health arise and approaches to reducing them where and when they exist.

[1]  Julio Frenk,et al.  World Health Report 2000: a step towards evidence-based health policy , 2001, The Lancet.

[2]  C. Murray,et al.  Health inequalities and social group differences: what should we measure? , 1999, Bulletin of the World Health Organization.

[3]  A. Hyder Challenging Inequities in Health: From Ethics to Action , 2002 .

[4]  B. Starfield Improving Equity in Health: A Research Agenda , 2001, International journal of health services : planning, administration, evaluation.

[5]  R. Carr-Hill Efficiency and equity implications of the health care reforms. , 1994, Social science & medicine.

[6]  J. Mackenbach,et al.  Mortality by occupational class among men 30-64 years in 11 European countries. EU Working Group on Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health. , 1998, Social science & medicine.

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[8]  J. Clapp,et al.  Development as freedom , 1999 .

[9]  Benchmarks of Fairness: A Moral Framework for Assessing Equity , 1999, International journal of health services : planning, administration, evaluation.

[10]  J. Mackenbach,et al.  Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality among women and among men: an international study. , 1999, American journal of public health.

[11]  L Gross,et al.  Equity in the delivery of health care in Europe and the US. , 2000, Journal of health economics.

[12]  O. Onwujekwe,et al.  Willingness to pay for the maintenance of equity in a local ivermectin distribution scheme in Toro, Northern Nigeria. , 1999, Public health.

[13]  R. Wilkinson Income distribution and life expectancy. , 1992, BMJ.

[14]  G. Smith,et al.  Mortality differences between black and white men in the USA: contribution of income and other risk factors among men screened for the MRFIT , 1998, The Lancet.

[15]  C. Murray,et al.  Defining and measuring health inequality: an approach based on the distribution of health expectancy. , 2000, Bulletin of the World Health Organization.

[16]  J. Milyo,et al.  Reexamining the Evidence of an Ecological Association between Income Inequality and Health , 2001, Journal of health politics, policy and law.

[17]  P. Heuveline,et al.  The burden of disease among the global poor , 1999, The Lancet.

[18]  W C Hsiao,et al.  Equity in health and health care: the Chinese experience. , 1999, Social science & medicine.

[19]  P. Braveman,et al.  Health Screening, Development, and Equity , 1996, Journal of public health policy.

[20]  Social characteristics of participants in health promotion effectiveness research: trial and error? , 1998 .

[21]  M. Rosén,et al.  An epidemiological approach towards measuring the trade-off between equity and efficiency in health policy. , 1996, Health policy.

[22]  D. Vågerö Equity and efficiency in health reform. A European view. , 1994, Social science & medicine.

[23]  J. Hippisley-Cox,et al.  Inequalities in access to coronary angiography and revascularisation: the association of deprivation and location of primary care services. , 2000, The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners.

[24]  A. Wagstaff Research on Equity, Poverty and Health Outcomes Lessons for the Developing World , 2000 .

[25]  H. Gravelle How much of the relation between population mortality and unequal distribution of income is a statistical artefact? , 1998, BMJ.

[26]  I. Kawachi,et al.  Income inequality and health , 1999 .

[27]  L. Gilson,et al.  Redressing Dis-advantage: Promoting Vertical Equity within South Africa , 2004, Health Care Analysis.

[28]  R. Cook International Bank for Reconstruction and Development , 1951, International Organization.

[29]  H. Standing Gender and equity in health sector reform programmes: a review. , 1997, Health policy and planning.

[30]  G. Walt,et al.  Poverty, Inequality, and Health , 2000 .

[31]  I. Kawachi,et al.  State-level income inequality and individual mortality risk: a prospective, multilevel study. , 2001, American journal of public health.

[32]  M. Whitehead,et al.  Social policies and the pathways to inequalities in health: a comparative analysis of lone mothers in Britain and Sweden. , 2000, Social science & medicine.

[33]  Trivellore Raghunathan,et al.  Income inequality, the psychosocial environment, and health: comparisons of wealthy nations , 2001, The Lancet.

[34]  L. Gilson,et al.  South Africa: addressing the legacy of apartheid , 2001 .

[35]  S. Aro,et al.  Socioeconomic equity in Finnish hospital care in relation to need. , 1995, Social science & medicine.

[36]  J R Dunn,et al.  Relation between income inequality and mortality in Canada and in the United States: cross sectional assessment using census data and vital statistics , 2000, BMJ : British Medical Journal.

[37]  M. Whitehead,et al.  The concepts and principles of equity and health. , 1992, International journal of health services : planning, administration, evaluation.

[38]  S. Jan,et al.  Vertical equity: weighting outcomes? or establishing procedures? , 1997, Health policy.

[39]  C E Taylor,et al.  Surveillance for equity in primary health care: policy implications from international experience. , 1992, International journal of epidemiology.

[40]  Malcolm Segall,et al.  Methodological concerns and recommendations on policy consequences of the World Health Report 2000 , 2001, The Lancet.

[41]  H. Gravelle,et al.  Inequality in the geographical distribution of general practitioners in England and Wales 1974-1995 , 2001, Journal of health services research & policy.

[42]  N. Krieger,et al.  Health inequalities and social inequalities in health. , 2000, Bulletin of the World Health Organization.

[43]  S. Macintyre Evaluating the evidence on measures to reduce inequalities in health , 2003 .

[44]  A. Oliver Why Care About Health Inequality , 2001 .

[45]  Edward L. Kinman,et al.  Evaluating health service equity at a primary care clinic in Chilimarca, Bolivia. , 1999, Social science & medicine.

[46]  G. Rowe,et al.  On measuring inequalities in health. , 2001, Bulletin of the World Health Organization.

[47]  A. Williams,et al.  Intergenerational equity: an exploration of the 'fair innings' argument. , 1997, Health economics.

[48]  P. Musgrove Measurement of equity in health. , 1986, World health statistics quarterly. Rapport trimestriel de statistiques sanitaires mondiales.

[49]  V. Navarro Health and Equity in the World in the Era of “Globalization” , 1999, International journal of health services : planning, administration, evaluation.

[50]  C. Propper,et al.  The redistributive effect of health care finance in twelve OECD countries. , 1999, Journal of health economics.

[51]  C. Power,et al.  Comparing measures of health inequality. , 1997, Social science & medicine.

[52]  V. Navarro The political economy of social inequalities : consequences for health and quality of life , 2002 .

[53]  R. Wilkinson Unhealthy Societies: The Afflictions of Inequality , 1996 .

[54]  G. Walt,et al.  Poverty, inequality, and health: an international perspective. , 2001 .

[55]  R. Hughes,et al.  Inequality in America: The Contribution of Health Centers in Reducing and Eliminating Disparities in Access to Care , 2001, Medical care research and review : MCRR.

[56]  R. Fitzpatrick,et al.  Dimensions of social inequality in the health of women in England: occupational, material and behavioural pathways. , 2001, Social science & medicine.

[57]  I. Kawachi,et al.  Women's status and the health of women and men: a view from the States. , 1999, Social science & medicine.

[58]  H. Waters Measuring equity in access to health care. , 2000, Social science & medicine.

[59]  M Emmelin,et al.  How many lives is equity worth? A proposal for equity adjusted years of life saved. , 1998, Journal of epidemiology and community health.

[60]  C. H. Lyttkens,et al.  Equity is out of fashion? An essay on autonomy and health policy in the individualized society. , 1998, Social science & medicine.

[61]  The equity principle in the allocation of health care expenditure on primary health care services in Portugal: the human capital approach. , 1988 .

[62]  M. Whitehead,et al.  Challenging inequities in health: from ethics to action. , 2001 .

[63]  P. Berman,et al.  Targeted health insurance in a low income country and its impact on access and equity in access: Egypt's school health insurance. , 2001, Health economics.

[64]  H. Oranga,et al.  The equity impacts of community financing activities in three African countries. , 2000, The International journal of health planning and management.

[65]  Paul Milligan,et al.  Bulletin of the World Health Organization , 2017 .

[66]  C Mathers,et al.  Socioeconomic inequalities in all-cause and specific-cause mortality in Australia: 1985-1987 and 1995-1997. , 2001, International journal of epidemiology.

[67]  J. Bryant,et al.  Benchmarks of fairness for health care reform: a policy tool for developing countries. , 2000, Bulletin of the World Health Organization.

[68]  A. Wagstaff QALYs and the equity-efficiency trade-off. , 1991, Journal of health economics.

[69]  M. Gissler,et al.  Regional equity in childhood health--register-based follow-up of the Finnish 1987 birth cohort. , 2000, Health & place.

[70]  C. H. Lyttkens,et al.  Preferences for equity in health behind a veil of ignorance. , 1999, Health economics.

[71]  B. Starfield,et al.  Primary Care, Income Inequality, and Self-Rated Health in the United States: A Mixed-Level Analysis , 2000, International journal of health services : planning, administration, evaluation.

[72]  M. Petticrew,et al.  Reducing social inequalities in smoking: can evidence inform policy? A pilot study , 2004, Tobacco Control.

[73]  N. Rice,et al.  Capitation and risk adjustment in health care financing: an international progress report. , 2001, The Milbank quarterly.