Can equity be measured as accurately as quality?
ruth brice2019-11-18T11:02:01+00:00Paper of the Week: 18th November 2019 This week’s blog is brought to you by: Professor Sir Muir Gray Full reference and title from the journal: Whitehead J. et al (2019), How can the spatial equity of health services be defined and measured? A systematic review of spatial equity definitions and methods, Journal of Health Services Research & Policy Vol. 24(4) 270–278, DOI: 10.1177/1355819619837292. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1355819619837292?journalCode=hsrb Authors conclusion There appeared to be general agreement that spatial equity is difficult to define…Although a wide variety of methods were used, the Gini coefficient was identified as the most common method of spatial equity analysis. 3V bottom line Equity is difficult to measure accurately but it should be included in every report [...]