Self-reported health and socio-economic inequalities in England, 1996-2009: Repeated national cross-sectional study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 136-137, Issue , 2015, Pages 135-146

  Maheswaran, Hendramoorthy ^a,b   Kupek, Emil ^c   Petrou, Stavros ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b MALAWI LIVERPOOL WELLCOME TRUST CLINICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Malawi)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

England; EQ 5D utility scores; GHQ; Self assessed health; Social class; Social inequities

Indexed keywords

CLASS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; PROBABILITY; SELF ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SELF ASSESSED HEALTH; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM; ENGLAND; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRENDS;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84930199458     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.05.026     Document Type: Article

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