PHP 0310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Gini Coefficient, Economic Inequality, Hypochondriasis
29 Jan 2017
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Who definition: complete state of physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity (1948: not just the lack of a negative aspect. Health related quality of life: biological and physiological variables. Complicated relationship between bio variables and symptoms. **symptoms drive care seeking and care costs: functional status. Objective measurement possible - fda now requires measures of functioning. Through questioning, not a machine: general health perceptions. Strong empirical predictors of utilization of general medical and mental health services, mortality: overall quality of life. Idea of how happy one is with their life overall. May be strongly related to economy, religious beliefs, health of others, etc. Relationship of overall quality of life to functional status may be surprisingly weak. Social determinants of health: the social conditions in which people are born, live, and work are the single most important determinant of one"s health status (who 2007) Income inequality in the us: https://www. nytimes. com/2015/03/31/upshot/income-inequality-its-also-bad-for- your-health. html?_r=0.
