Is wealthier always healthier? The impact of national income level, inequality, and poverty on public health in Latin America

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 266-273

  Biggs, Brian ^a   King, Lawrence ^b   Basu, Sanjay ^c   Stuckler, David ^d  

^a ST JOHN S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health inequalities; Income; Income inequality; Latin America; Poverty; Public health

Indexed keywords

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEALTH IMPACT; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PURCHASING POWER PARITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; INCOME; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PURCHASING; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TUBERCULOSIS;

ECONOMICS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LATIN AMERICA; LIFE EXPECTANCY; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 77953683140     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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