title: Health disparities calculator: a methodologically rigorous tool for analyzing inequalities in population health.
abstract: Historically, researchers and policy planners have selected a single indicator to measure trends in social inequalities. A more rigorous approach is to review the literature and data, select appropriate inequality measures to address the research question, compute results from various indices, and graphically compare resulting trends. The Health Disparities Calculator (HD*Calc, version 1.2.4; National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD) computes results from different indices and graphically displays them, making an arduous task easier, more transparent, and more accessible.
authors.affiliation: The authors are with the National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD.
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Breen
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: Antoinette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Percy-Laurry
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: Russell
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Glasgow
mesh_terms: D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D012107:Research Design