Socioeconomic status and health outcomes in a developing country

Health Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 178-186

  Lordan, Grace ^a   Soto, Eliana Jimenez ^a   Brown, Richard P C ^a   Correa Valez, Ignacio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Developing country; Fiji; Health; Health outcomes; Permanent income; Socioeconomic status; Wealth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FIJI; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FIJI; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84855545369     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1703     Document Type: Article

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