The associations between US state and local social spending, income inequality, and individual all-cause and cause-specific mortality: The National Longitudinal Mortality Study

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue , 2016, Pages 62-68

  Kim, Daniel ^a,b,c  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Income inequality; Social determinants of health; Social spending

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCOME; INCOME INEQUALITY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SPENDING; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; WELFARE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATE GOVERNMENT; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84954214296     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2015.11.013     Document Type: Article

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