Searching for the Economic Gradient in Self-Assessed Health

Searching for the Economic Gradient in Self-Assessed Health

Can self-assessed health be relied on to identify the true socioeconomic gradients in health status? The self-assessed health of Russian adults in 2002 shows remarkably little gradient with respect to economic welfare. The authors document this finding and assess its robustness to the assumptions ro...

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Main Authors: Lokshin, Michael, Ravallion, Martin
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
AGED
ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION
BUDGET CONSTRAINTS
CLINICAL OUTCOMES
COMMUNITY HEALTH
DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH
DIETS
DISEASES
ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES
ECONOMIC REVIEW
ECONOMICS
EPIDEMIOLOGY
EXPENDITURES
EXTENSION
GENDER
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
HEALTH ECONOMICS
HEALTH EFFECTS
HEALTH INDICATORS
HEALTH POLICY
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH STATUS
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HYPERTENSION
INCOME EFFECT
INCOME EFFECTS
INCOMES
INFANT MORTALITY
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LIVING STANDARDS
MEDICAL CARE
MORBIDITY
MORTALITY
PERSONALITY
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES
PUBLIC SERVICES
QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE
QUALITY OF LIFE
SMOKING
SOCIOLOGY
SURGERY
UNEMPLOYMENT
WALKING
WORKERS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/09/6920744/searching-economic-gradient-self-assessed-health
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8468

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/09/6920744/searching-economic-gradient-self-assessed-health
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8468

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