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标题：Racial/Ethnic Health Disparity in the U.S.: A Decomposition Analysis
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作者：Kajal Lahiri ; Kajal Lahiri ; Kajal Lahiri 等
期刊名称：Econometrics
印刷版ISSN：2225-1146
出版年度：2021
卷号：9
期号：1
页码：22
DOI：10.3390/econometrics9020022
语种：English
出版社：MDPI, Open Access Journal
摘要：Following recent econometric developments, we use self-assessed general health on a Likert scale conditioned by several objective determinants to measure health disparity between non-Hispanic Whites and minority groups in the United States. A statistical decomposition analysis is conducted to determine the contributions of socio-demographic and neighborhood characteristics in generating disparities. Whereas, 72% of health disparity between Whites and Blacks is attributable to Blacks’ relatively worse socio-economic and demographic characteristics, it is only 50% for Hispanics and 65% for American Indian Alaska Natives. The role of a number of factors including per capita income and income inequality vary across the groups. Interestingly, “blackness” of a county is associated with better health for all minority groups, but it affects Whites negatively. Our findings suggest that public health initiatives to eliminate health disparity should be targeted differently for different racial/ethnic groups by focusing on the most vulnerable within each group.