Socioeconomic gradient in health in Canada: Is the gap widening or narrowing?

Mohammad Hajizadeh, Arnold Mitnitski and Kenneth Rockwood

Health Policy, 2016, vol. 120, issue 9, 1040-1050

Abstract: Notwithstanding a general improvement in health status, the socioeconomic gradient in health remains a public health challenge worldwide.

Keywords: Socioeconomic inequalities; Frailty Index; Health Utility Index; Income; Education; Canada (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2016.07.019

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