Social inequalities in health within countries: Not only an issue for affluent nations

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1621-1635

  Braveman, Paula ^a   Tarimo, Eleuther ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND CHILD CARE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Equity; Social inequalities in health

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HEALTH STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ETHNOLOGY; GENDER; HEALTH; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MARKET; POLICY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL INEQUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0036223166     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(01)00331-8     Document Type: Review

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