The politics of preventable deaths: Local spending, income inequality, and premature mortality in US cities

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 175-179

  Ronzio, C R ^a   Pamuk, E ^b   Squires, G D ^c  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MORTALITY; URBAN POPULATION;

CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCOME; MEASUREMENT; MORTALITY; POLITICS; POPULATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAFFIC; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POLITICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1342301492     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2003.008672     Document Type: Review

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