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Editorial
. 2016 Mar 25;4(1):4-5.
doi: 10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00028. Print 2016 Mar.

Abbreviating the Wealth Index to Measure Equity in Health Programs More Easily

Thomas W Pullum  1
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Editorial

Abbreviating the Wealth Index to Measure Equity in Health Programs More Easily

Thomas W Pullum. Glob Health Sci Pract. .

Abstract

Efforts to simplify the construction of the DHS wealth index are encouraged (while recognizing it is constructed differently in each country), but attempts to assess equity in health programs should bear in mind that it is not sufficient to calculate the wealth index just for the participants in the program. The quintile distributions can vary dramatically within sub-populations. Assessments of equity require knowledge of the distribution of potential participants as well as actual participants.

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