Testing for an economic gradient in health status using subjective data

Health Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1237-1259

  Lokshin, Michael ^a   Ravallion, Martin ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Instrumental variables; Measurement error; Russia; Self assessed health; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KIDNEY DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 58749112024     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1318     Document Type: Article

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