Social determinants of health: An economic perspective

Health Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 495-502

  Epstein, David ^a   Jimémenez Rubio, Dolores ^b   Smith, Peter C ^a   Suhrcke, Marc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Casuality; Inequalities; Lifestyle; Priority setting; Social determinants of health

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EDITORIAL; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CAUSALITY; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; LIFE STYLE; POLICY MAKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL MEDICINE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 67149137840     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1490     Document Type: Editorial

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