For literacy, the gap values obtained using the GEI and MGEI methods led to an identical interpretation, except for 5 countries (Uruguay, Honduras, Philippines, Jamaica and Lesotho), since the GEI method truncated the values at 1 (indicating equity), whilst the modified index showed inequity towards men (Table 3a).
The big drop in yields seemed to reflect fearful investors reallocating cash from stocks and perhaps mortgage-backed bonds on Tuesday, though Wednesday's action indicated equities were not suffering too badly.
Nevertheless, even though the systematic literature review indicated health equity as an important primary care dimension (because primary care can be a means to achieve equity), it was excluded as a dimension in the Monitor because of a lack of health equity indicators that are valid, feasible and measurable, and subject to primary care.
Still, heavy waves of calls to mutual funds, some enthusiastic selling and increased interest in bonds and Treasury bills clearly indicate that equity investors are growing restless and mutual fund managers are feeling pressure.
In my view such extremes of wealth and poverty are not good for any of our children, but minister Pyne tells me they do not indicate an equity problem in Australian education.
The report was later withdrawn, but the controversy continued after an independent media outlet cited a study following the government methodology that indicated Bumiputra equity had passed the 30% mark in 1997.
This might indicate that equity for the elderly is also accomplished at the GPC.
Maternal outcomes (i.e. gravidity history and delivery outcome) were used to indicate the equity of health outcome.
Many however, adamantly indicated that equity was not a salient consideration because there was no question about their mission of ensuring universal health care accessibility.
