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J Epidemiol Community Health 2002;56:488-491 doi:10.1136/jech.56.7.488
  • Theory and methods

The meaning and goals of equity in health

  1. W-C Chang
  1. Canadian VIGOUR Centre Research Group, Department of Medicine, 214 Heritage Research Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2S2
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr W-C Chang;
 weiching.chang{at}ualberta.ca
  • Accepted 5 January 2002

Abstract

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.

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