Medidas de desigualdad en salud: la discusión de algunos aspectos metodológicos con una aplicación para la mortalidad neonatal en el Municipio de Rio de Janeiro, 2000

Epidemiology has investigated the relationship between health status and different social and economic factors ever since the field emerged. Studies have consistently shown that the population's health status bears a strong social gradient, invariably unfavorable to the less privileged groups. Increasing interest in understanding and characterizing health inequalities has broadened the discussion in the recent literature on appropriate concepts and methodological procedures for measuring differences in health status according to socioeconomic level. This study presents a critical assessment of...