The Inequality of Medical Expenditures for Several Years in a Healthy, Nonelderly Population
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9099458 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Louise B Russell (0000-0003-3599-0991, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, corresponding author), Anitha Chaudhuri (Albany State University) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 908-916 |
| Publication date | 1992-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medical Care (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948 |
| Publisher | Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1097/00005650-199210000-00003 |
| PMID | 1405796 |
| OpenAlex | W2034454700 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 1 |
Previous studies have shown that the distribution of annual medical expenditures for a population is very unequal and remains so for periods of more than 1 year. The authors use a better measure of inequality, the Gini coefficient, to test its persistence for longer periods. This measure is applied to data collected from the Rand Health Insurance Experiment. The experiment enrolled a nonelderly population typical of those covered by employer health plans for periods up to 5 years. The distributions of annual expenditures for this population are highly unequal, in line with previous studies. Inequality declines substantially when longer periods are considered
Demographic economics · Distribution (mathematics) · Economic growth · Economic inequality · Economics · Environmental health · Gini coefficient · Health care · Health equity · Inequality · Population · Statistics · Demography · Global Health Care Issues · Health disparities and outcomes · Healthcare Policy and Management · Mathematics · Medicine
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
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| Citation span | 1995 - 2018 (24) |
| Highly cited | No |