Table 1 Summary of the GPS-Health checklist and mapped indicators
GPS-Health Equity checklista | Indicatorsb | Definition |
|---|---|---|
Group 1: Disease and intervention criteria | ||
 Severity | Severity of illness at the individual level | Mild/moderate/severe |
Age distribution of the disease | Disease incidence by age group | |
 Realization of potential | Final health status | Health status after treatment showing treatment benefit capacity |
 Past health loss | Presence of comorbidities | Presence of other diseases or conditions with the studied disease |
Group 2: Criteria related to characteristics of social groups | ||
 Socioeconomic status | Household income level | Wealth level, occupation, and socioeconomic indices |
Relative coverage | Difference in coverage between the richest and poorest quintile | |
Education | Education level of patients or parents | |
 Area of living | Geographic location | Urban/rural; by province or by state |
 Gender | Sex at birth | Male/Female |
 Race, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation | Race | Having certain physical characteristics |
Ethnicity | Belonging to a social group | |
Religion | Belonging to a religious group | |
Sexual orientation | Homo/Heterosexual | |
Group 3: Criteria related to protection against the financial effect of ill health | ||
 Economic productivity | Loss of productivity | Productivity lost due to illness |
Age | Age-weighting of DALYs | |
 Care for others | Number of dependent persons | Are children or elderly depending on the patient? |
 Catastrophic health expenditure | Financial risk protection | Protection against catastrophic spending |
Reliance on OOP expenditure | OOP spending due to illness for treatment or care | |