Decomposing socioeconomic inequalities in self assessed health in Turkey

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Sözmen, Kaan ^a   Baydur, Hakan ^b   Simsek, Hatice ^c   Ünal, Belgin ^c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

^b CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Decomposition method; Self assessed health; Socioeconomic inequality; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DATA SET; DECOMPOSITION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; VULNERABILITY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

TURKEY;

EID: 84872119291     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-11-73     Document Type: Article

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