Socioeconomic Health Disparities in Bangladesh through Lorenz Curve and Gini Ratio: Evidence from BDHS Survey

distribution of physicians and hospital beds based on gini coefficient and lorenz curve: a national survey

introduction: inequality is prevalent in all sectors, particularly in distribution of and access to resources in the health sector. the aim of current study was to investigate the distribution of physicians and hospital beds in iran in 2001, 2006 and 2011. methods: this retrospective, cross-sectional study evaluated the distribution of physicians and hospital beds in 2001, 2006 and 2011 using g...

Identifying factors influencing contraceptive use in Bangladesh: evidence from BDHS 2014 data

BACKGROUND Birth control is the conscious control of the birth rate by methods which temporarily prevent conception by interfering with the normal process of ovulation, fertilization, and implantation. High contraceptive prevalence rate is always expected for controlling births for those countries that are experiencing high population growth rate. The factors that influence contraceptive preval...

socioeconomic disparities and smoking habits in metabolic syndrome: evidence from isfahan healthy heart program

evidence of adverse selection in irans health insurance market

در این تحقیق به مطالعه وجود انتخاب نامساعد(کژ گزینی) در بازار بیمه درمان تکمیلی ایران پرداخته شده است. داده های مورد نیاز توسط پرسشنامه و به روش نمونه گیری خوشه ای جمع آوری شده است. پرسشنامه ها در میان افراد شاغل ساکن شهر تهران توریع شد. در این تحقیق با استفاده از تخمین دو مدل لجستیک و به دست آوردن ضریب همبستگی میان تقاضای بیمه درمان تکمیلی و رخداد خسارت به بررسی موضوع مورد نظر پرداخته شده است....

A Novel Concept of Partial Lorenz Curve and Partial Gini Index

Lorenz curve and Gini index are the famous tools of income inequality. When one wants to study income inequality of a class of individuals, Partial Lorenz Curve is introduced and the corresponding measure of inequality called Partial Gini Index is defined. Partial Gini Index (PGI) is derived on Partial Lorenz Curve (PLC). Partial orderings are defined for comparison of partial Lorenz curves. Fo...