Health Sciences 1002A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: List Of Canadians By Net Worth, Rudolf Virchow, Gerry Schwartz
19 Sep 2016
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Theorizing on the relationship between income inequality and health. Income & income distribution: taxation, public programs & services. Association between disease and income: one of the strongest and most consistent correlations in population-health research. United states (1996): likelihood of reporting poor or fair health is nearly 7. 5 times greater for poorer than richer americans. What causes the relationship: many many factors, e. g. living conditions, education, housing, diet, social programs, stable government etc. Theorizing on the relationship between income inequality & health: Gerry rodgers (1979): s i m i l a r curvilinear relationship also exists at individual level, relationship between income and life expectancy at the individual level is asymptomatic. Redistributing income in the country to improve health would be to improve programs for the less wealthy. Average among oecd (organizing for economic co-operation and development) is. 0. 31: most equal is sweden (0. 23), canada measures just above average at 0. 32.
