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The meaning and goals of equity in health

W-C Chang

Canadian VIGOUR Centre Research Group, Department of Medicine, 214 Heritage Research Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2S2

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weiching.chang{at}ualberta.ca

The meaning and implications of "equity in health" are discussed. A conceptual framework is proposed to delineate the roles of empirical and normative research in determining when inequalities in health are equitable.

Keywords: equity; health inequality

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