Several publications discuss HD*Calc or analyze data using the HD*Calc software.

Yu M, Li Y, Qiu M. Statistical inference of the relative concentration index for complex surveys. Stat Med. 2019 Sep 20;38(21):4083-4095. [Abstract]

Ahn J, Harper S, Yu M, Feuer EJ, Liu B. Improved Monte Carlo methods for estimating confidence intervals for eleven commonly used health disparity measures. PLoS One. 2019 Jul 11;14(7):e0219542. [Abstract]

Yu M, Liu B, Li Y, Zou ZJ, Breen N. Statistical inferences of extended concentration indices for directly standardized rates. Stat Med. 2019 Jan 15;38(1):62-73. [Abstract]

Ahn J, Harper S, Yu M, Feuer EJ, Liu B, Luta G. Variance estimation and confidence intervals for 11 commonly used health disparity measures. JCO Clin Cancer Inform. 2018 Dec;2:1-19. [Abstract]

Li, Y, Yu, M, Zhang, J. Statistical Inference on Health Disparity Indices for Complex Surveys. Am J Epidemiol. 2018 Nov 1;187(11):2460-2469. [Abstract]

Breen N, Scott S, Percy-Laurry A, Lewis D, Glasgow R. Health disparities calculator: a methodologically rigorous tool for analyzing inequalities in population health. Am J Public Health. 2014 Sep;104(9):1589–91. [Abstract]

Srinivisan S, Williams SD. Transitioning from health disparities to a health equity research agenda: the time is now. Public Health Rep. 2014 Jan-Feb;129 Suppl 2:71–6. [Abstract]

Harper S, Ruder E, Roman HA, Geggel A, Nweke O, Payne-Sturges D, Levy JI. Using inequality measures to incorporate environmental justice into regulatory analyses. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2013 Aug 30;10(9):4039–59. [Abstract]

Tabuchi T, Hoshino T, Nakayama T, Miyashiro I, Tsukuma H. Does removal of out-of-pocket costs for cervical and breast cancer screening work? A quasi-experimental study to evaluate the impact on attendance, attendance inequality and average cost per uptake of a Japanese government intervention. Int J Cancer. 2013 Aug 15;133(4):972–83. [Abstract]

Rossen LM, Schoendorf KC. Measuring health disparities: Trends in racial-ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in obesity among 2- to 18-year old youth in the United States, 2001-2010. Ann Epidemiol. 2012 Oct;22(10):698–704. [Abstract]

Sadana R, Harper S. Data systems linking social determinants of health with health outcomes: advancing public goods to support research and evidence-based policy and programs. Public Health Rep. 2011 Sep-Oct;126 Suppl:6-13. [Abstract]

Harper S, King NB, Meersman SC, Reichman ME, Breen N, Lynch J. Implicit value judgments in the measurement of health inequalities. Milbank Q. 2010 Mar;88(1):4-29. [Abstract]

Schootman M, Lian M, Despande AD, Baker EA, Pruitt SI, Aft R, Jeffe DB. Temporal trends in area socioeconomic disparities in breast cancer incidence and mortality, 1988–2005. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2010;122:533–43. [Abstract]

Harper S, Lynch J, Meersman SC, Breen N, Davis WW, Reichman MC. Trends in area-socioeconomic and race-ethnic disparities in breast cancer incidence, stage at diagnosis, screening, mortality, and survival among women ages 50 years and over (1987-2005). Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2009 Jan;18(1):121-31. [Abstract]

Harper S, Lynch J, Meersman SC, Breen N, Davis WW, Reichman MC. An overview of methods for monitoring social disparities in cancer with an example using trends in lung cancer incidence by area-socioeconomic position and race-ethnicity, 1992-2004. Am J Epidemiol. 2008 Apr 15;167(8):889-99. [Abstract]