Wage inequality, the health system, and infant mortality in wealthy industrialized countries, 1970-1996

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 279-292

  Macinko, James A ^a   Shi, Leiyu ^b   Starfield, Barbara ^c  

^a Natl Sch Pub Hlth/Fund O ^*  (Brazil)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health determinants; Income inequality; Social epidemiology

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH SERVICES; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INFANT MORTALITY;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONSUMER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INFANT MORTALITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOCIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0242302601     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(03)00200-4     Document Type: Article

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