Where wealth matters more for health: The wealth-health gradient in 16 countries

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 81, Issue , 2013, Pages 10-17

  Semyonov, Moshe ^a   Lewin Epstein, Noah ^a   Maskileyson, Dina ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cross national comparison; Health development; Health gradient; Health inequality; Multilevel analysis; Physical health

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH IMPACT; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; INCOME; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874322746     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.01.010     Document Type: Article

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