Comparing the socioeconomic status - Health gradient among adults 50 and older across rural and urban areas of Thailand in 1994 and 2007

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1921-1928

  Zimmer, Zachary ^a   Prachuabmoh, Vipan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Health inequalities; Ordered logit; Rural; Self assessed health; Socioeconomic status; Thailand; Urban

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN POPULATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; INCOME; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; THAILAND; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS; THAILAND; URBAN HEALTH;

THAILAND;

EID: 84860495535     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.02.015     Document Type: Article

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