How much of the income inequality effect can be explained by public policy? Evidence from oral health in Brazil

Health Policy

Volumn 97, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 250-258

  Celeste, Roger Keller ^a   Nadanovsky, Paulo ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Contextual effect; Income inequality; Oral health; Public policy; Socio economic factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DENTAL CARIES; EDUCATION; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; GINI COEFFICIENT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MOUTH EXAMINATION; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; BRAZIL; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; JAW, EDENTULOUS, PARTIALLY; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORAL HEALTH; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC POLICY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956175776     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.05.015     Document Type: Article

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