Framing Health Equity: US Health Disparities in Comparative Perspective.
@article{Lynch2017FramingHE,
title={Framing Health Equity: US Health Disparities in Comparative Perspective.},
author={Julia F. Lynch and Isabel M. Perera},
journal={Journal of health politics, policy and law},
year={2017},
volume={42 5},
pages={
803-839
}
}In this article we explore systematically the different conceptions of health equity in key national health policy documents in the United States, the United Kingdom, and France. [] Key Result We find substantial differences across the three countries in the characterization of group differences (by SES, race/ethnicity, or territory), and the theorized causes of health inequalities (socioeconomic structures versus health care system features).
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