Regional disparities in self-reported health: Evidence from Chinese older adults

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 529-549

  Mu, Ren ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; health disparities; self reported health; vignette

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINA; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SELF REPORT; SELF REPORTED HEALTH; SOCIAL STATUS; STOMACH DISEASE; VIGNETTE; AGE; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84898013676     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.2929     Document Type: Article

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