ArticleEmerging themes in epidemiology2021
A detailed explanation and graphical representation of the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition method with its application in health inequalities.
Article in Emerging themes in epidemiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 93 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
93 citing papers in PubMed.
- A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Investigation of COVID-19 Hospitalizations and Mortality Among Autistic People.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- A decomposition analysis to evaluate the role of social, chemical, and neighborhood factors on the Black/White disparity in preterm birth in Greater Houston, Texas.Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2026Article
- Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Medication Adherence Among Medicare Advantage Enrollees With Diabetes.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- Cross-country differences in self-rated health: decomposing the influence of depressive symptoms.European journal of public health · 2026Article
- Racialized Economic Segregation and Disparities in the Risk of Stillbirth.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Unpacking contextual changes underlying self-injurious thoughts and behaviors among bullying-involved adolescents and young adults in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Decomposition analysis and spatial change of age disparities in antenatal care utilisation among women with high-risk pregnancies in Nigeria.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Causal Inference in Health Disparities Research.Annual review of public health · 2026Review
- Functional disability and urban-rural differences in depressive symptoms among older adults in China.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Changes in self-rated health and its association with social determinants - repeated cross-sectional surveys among Finnish adolescents from 1981 to 2025.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Article
- Decomposition of racial and ethnic disparities in sleep health among US adults, NHANES from 2005-2008 and 2015-2018.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Comparison of urban-rural inequality in quality antenatal care among women in Bangladesh and Pakistan: a multivariable decomposition analysis.Reproductive health · 2026Article
- Essential worker status, gender, and migration background disparities in COVID-19: An intersectional approach.Journal of migration and health · 2026Article
- Do men and women define health differently? A cross-national study of gender differences in self-rated health.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Racial inequalities in access to healthcare services in Brazil (2019): a decomposition analysis.BMC health services research · 2025Observational
- Examining the reversal hypothesis on socioeconomic status and noncommunicable diseases, and gender disparities in China: a nationwide longitudinal analysis between 1991 and 2020.SSM - population health · 2025Article
- Rural-urban disparities in colorectal cancer screening in United States: Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition analysis of BRFSS data.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2025Article
- Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition analysis of the urban-rural gap in child nutrition in Bangladesh.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- A large language model-based approach to quantifying the effects of social determinants in liver transplant decisions.NPJ digital medicine · 2025Article
33 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
2 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
This paper introduces the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition method to be applied in explaining inequality in health outcome across any two groups. In order to understand every aspect of the inequality, multiple regression model can be used in a way to decompose the inequality into contributing factors. The method can therefore be indicated to what extent of the difference in mean predicted outcome between two groups is due to differences in the levels of observable characteristics (acceptable and fair). Assuming the identical characteristics in the two groups, the remaining inequality can be due to differential effects of the characteristics, maybe discrimination, and unobserved factors that not included in the model. Thus, using the decomposition methods can identify the contribution of each particular factor in moderating the current inequality. Accordingly, more detailed information can be provided for policy-makers, especially concerning modifiable factors. The method is theoretically described in detail and schematically presented. In the following, some criticisms of the model are reviewed, and several statistical commands are represented for performing the method, as well. Furthermore, the application of it in the health inequality with an applied example is presented.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.