Medical Compliance and Income-Health Gradients

Anne Case, Ingrid le Roux and Alicia Menendez
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Ingrid le Roux: Philani Nutrition Center

No 252, Working Papers from Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Center for Health and Wellbeing.

Abstract: Wealthier people live longer and experience less morbidity than do poorer people, in both developed and developing countries. While the association between income and health status has been well documented, the mechanisms leading to this correlation are unclear. In this paper, we use data collected from an informal urban township in South Africa to examine the extent to which compliance with medical protocols plays a role in the observed income-health gradient. Specifically, we look at adherence to protocols among individuals diagnosed with hypertension.

Keywords: South; Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D31 I12 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004-05
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