Selected Comparisons of Measures of Health Disparities: A Review Using Databases Relevant to Healthy People 2010 Cancer-Related Objectives

摘要

The purpose of this report is to empirically evaluate the performance and suitability of various measures of health disparity for the purpose of monitoring disparities in cancer-related health outcomes. As such, it extends the work of a prior monograph in which the authors evaluated several measures of health disparity on theoretical grounds, and it is worthwhile to briefly revisit the overall conclusions of that report.