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KMID : 1170320100160010035
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Korean Journal of Health Economics and Policy
2010 Volume.16 No. 1 p.35 ~ p.61
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Income-Related Inequalities in health Caare Finance and Self-Assessed health in Korea from 1999 to 2007: Measurements Based on KLIPS Survey Data
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Eom Sun-Hee
Moon Choon-Geol
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Abstract
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Using annual survey data compiled from Korea Labor & Income Panel Study, we analyzed income-related inequalities in health care finance and self-assessed health. Over the 1999∼2007 period, Kakwani indices, measuring inequality in health care finance, ranged from -0.30 to -0.37 while displaying no clear temporal pattern. These values are comparable to -0.38, the corresponding value for the USA for the year 1999, implying high inequity/regressivity in health care finance. On the other hand, standardized concentration indices, measuring inequality in self-assessed health, ranged from -0.028 to -0.037 while displaying initially a downward trend in inequality up to 2004 and then subsequently an upward trend. These values are comparable to -0.018, the corresponding value for Japan for the year 1992, implying very low inequality in health.
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KEYWORD
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KLIPS, Korean Labor & Income Panel Study, health care finance, self-assessed health, Kakwani index, RII, relative index of inequality, CI, concentration Index, Lorenz curve, inequality, equity
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