Correcting the Concentration Index

B-Tier
Journal: Journal of Health Economics
Year: 2009
Volume: 28
Issue: 2
Pages: 504-515

Score contribution per author:

2.011 = (α=2.01 / 1 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

In recent years attention has been drawn to several shortcomings of the Concentration Index, a frequently used indicator of the socioeconomic inequality of health. Some modifications have been suggested, but these are only partial remedies. This paper proposes a corrected version of the Concentration Index which is superior to the original Concentration Index and its variants, in the sense that it is a rank-dependent indicator which satisfies four key requirements (transfer, level independence, cardinal invariance, and mirror). The paper also shows how the corrected Concentration Index can be decomposed and generalized.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:jhecon:v:28:y:2009:i:2:p:504-515
Journal Field
Health
Author Count
1
Added to Database
2026-01-25