Policy implications of the gradient of health and wealth

Health Affairs

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 13-30

  Deaton, Angus ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Princeton's Ctr for Hlth/Wellbeing   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CAUSALITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042873078     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.21.2.13     Document Type: Article

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