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Decomposing world health inequality.

Menno Pradhan1, David E Sahn, Stephen D Younger

  • 1World Bank, Washington, DC, USA.

Journal of Health Economics
|February 28, 2003
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Global health inequality is primarily driven by differences within countries, not between them. Standardized height reveals that intra-country variation accounts for most health disparities worldwide.

Area of Science:

  • Global Health
  • Human Biology
  • Socioeconomic Determinants of Health

Background:

  • Traditional health indicators like morbidity, mortality, and life expectancy present measurement challenges.
  • Monetary variables (income, expenditure) are problematic for cross-temporal and cross-place welfare comparisons.
  • Standardized height offers a robust, comparable health metric across diverse populations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate global health status inequality.
  • To decompose health inequality into within-country and between-country components.
  • To utilize standardized height as a novel health indicator.

Main Methods:

  • Employed standardized height as the primary health indicator.
  • Analyzed data to differentiate between within-country and between-country health disparities.

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  • Calculated global height inequality metrics.

    • Main Results:

    • Within-country variation is the predominant source of global health inequality.
    • Contrary to income inequality research, differences within nations contribute more significantly to health disparities.
    • Height inequality analysis provides new insights into global welfare disparities.

    Conclusions:

    • Global health inequality is largely a function of disparities within nations.
    • Standardized height is a valuable tool for assessing global health and welfare.
    • Future research should focus on intra-country factors driving health inequality.