Wealth, equity and health care: A critique of a 'population health' perspective on the determinants of health

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 785-798

  Poland, Blake ^a   Coburn, David ^a   Robertson, Ann ^a   Eakin, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health care; Inequities in health; Population health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; SOCIOLOGY;

CANADA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; POLITICAL SYSTEMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0031913601     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)00197-4     Document Type: Article

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