Investing in health to improve the wellbeing of the disadvantaged: Reversing the argument of Fair Society, Healthy Lives (The Marmot Review)

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1223-1226

  Canning, David ^a   Bowser, Diana ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Fair society, healthy lives (The Marmot Review); Health gradient; Social determinants of health; Social inequality

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NOTE; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIETY; SOCIOECONOMICS; WELLBEING;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATE MEDICINE; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

MARMOTA;

EID: 77956304013     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.07.009     Document Type: Note

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