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Estimates of health inequality among Russians
https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2021-3-117-138
Abstract
The paper analyses income-related health inequality in Russia using empirical estimates of mean values of several health indicators and related cumulative curves and concentration indices estimates made on the RLMS-HSE 2018 data. The study has revealed that (1) the proportion of people with poor health is higher in the groups of respondents with low income; (2) having a higher education impacts on self-assessed but not on the other more objective health indicators; (3) inequality in health, measured in terms of individual income, is higher among men than among women, and, conversely, inequality in access to health services is higher among women; (4) continuous/ordered health indicators produce lower inequality values compared with dichotomized indicators. The methodology and estimates presented in the paper can be recommended as controls for health and related programs results.
Keywords
health inequality,
self-assessed health,
life quality,
RLMS-HSE,
concentration curve,
concentration index
JEL: I14, I15
Supporting agencies: This work is supported by the Russian Science Foundation under grant ( project № 20-18-00307)
About the Authors
A. R. Khabibullina
HSE University St. Petersburg
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Alina R. Khabibullina - Lecturer of St. Petersburg School of Economics and Management, Junior Research Fellow of the International Centre for Health Economics Management and Policy
St. Petersburg
E. A. Aleksandrova
HSE University St. Petersburg
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ekaterina A. Aleksandrova - PhD in Economics, Associate Professor of St. Petersburg School of Economics and Management, Academic Advisor of the International Centre for Health Economics Management and Policy
St. Petersburg
A. V. Aistov
HSE University St. Petersburg;
HSE University Nizhny Novgorod
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Andrey V. Aistov - PhD in Physico-Mathematical sciences, Associate Professor, Research Fellow of the International Centre for Health Economics Management and Policy
St. Petersburg;
Nizhny Novgorod
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