Individual and province inequalities in health among older people in China: Evidence and policy implications

Health and Place

Volumn 30, Issue , 2014, Pages 134-144

  Evandrou, Maria ^a   Falkingham, Jane ^a   Feng, Zhixin ^a   Vlachantoni, Athina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Elderly; Health; Inequality; Province

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH POLICY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; LOW INCOME POPULATION; RURAL AREA; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; DISABILITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OLDER PEOPLE; RURAL AREA; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL STATUS; VERY ELDERLY; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION;

CHINA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84907551071     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.08.009     Document Type: Article

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