Variation in health inequalities according to measures of socioeconomic status and age

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 436-440

  Mather, Tanya ^a   Banks, Emily ^a,b   Joshy, Grace ^a   Bauman, Adrian ^c   Phongsavan, Philayrath ^c   Korda, Rosemary J ^a,d  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b SAX INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

health inequalities; SEIFA; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84908076623     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: 17536405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12239     Document Type: Article

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