Do U.S. states' socioeconomic and policy contexts shape adult disability?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 178, Issue , 2017, Pages 115-126

  Montez, Jennifer Karas ^a   Hayward, Mark D ^b   Wolf, Douglas A ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Health; Social determinants; States; United States

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; HEALTH CARE; POLICY APPROACH; SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; DISABLED PERSON; INCOME; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TAX; TRENDS;

MINNESOTA; NORTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES; WEST VIRGINIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TAXES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85012985992     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.02.012     Document Type: Article

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