Why reduce health inequalities?

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 923-929

  Woodward, A ^a   Kawachi, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TAX; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0033738620     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.54.12.923     Document Type: Article

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