Socioeconomic differences in health: How much do health behaviors and health insurance coverage account for?

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 618-630

  Lu, Ning ^a   Samuels, Michael E ^b,c   Wilson, Richard ^d  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rural Health Policy ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Health behaviors; Health disparity; Health insurance; Health status; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 8844261940     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2004.0053     Document Type: Article

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