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Poverty and health : economic causes and consequences of health problems

Title
  1. Poverty and health : economic causes and consequences of health problems / Harold S. Luft.
Published by
  1. Cambridge, Mass. : Ballinger Pub. Co., ©1978.
Author
  1. Luft, Harold S.

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Description
  1. xvi, 263 pages : illustrations, charts; 24 cm
Summary
  1. Monograph analysing relationships between poverty and health based on economic indicators, social indicators and disability rates in the USA - discusses empirical, non-medical and probability factors (ie. Sex, age, income, family roles, occupation), and includes health policy proposals. Bibliography pp. 243 to 257, graphs and statistical tables.
Subject
  1. Poor > Diseases > United States
  2. Poor > Medical care > United States
  3. Chronically ill > United States > Economic conditions
  4. People with disabilities > United States > Economic conditions
  5. Chronically ill > United States > Social conditions
  6. People with disabilities > United States > Social conditions
  7. Social medicine > United States
  8. Health
  9. Social medicine
  10. Poverty
  11. Health
  12. Poverty
  13. Social Medicine
  14. Socioeconomic Factors
  15. health
  16. poverty
  17. Pauvreté
  18. Santé
  19. Social medicine
  20. People with disabilities > Social conditions
  21. Chronically ill > Social conditions
  22. Chronically ill > Economic conditions
  23. People with disabilities > Economic conditions
  24. Poor > Diseases
  25. Poor > Medical care
  26. Armut
  27. Medizinische Versorgung
  28. economic indicator
  29. social indicator
  30. disability
  31. sex
  32. age
  33. income
  34. family
  35. occupation
  36. health policy
  37. statistical table
  38. pauvreté
  39. santé
  40. indicateur économique
  41. indicateur social
  42. incapacité
  43. sexe
  44. âge
  45. revenu
  46. famille
  47. profession
  48. politique sanitaire
  49. tableau statistique
  50. pobreza
  51. salud
  52. indicador económico
  53. indicador social
  54. discapacidad
  55. sexo
  56. edad
  57. ingreso
  58. familia
  59. ocupación
  60. política sanitaria
  61. cuadros estadísticos
  62. United States
  63. Etats-Unis d'Amérique
  64. USA
  65. USA
  66. Etats-Unis
  67. Estados Unidos
Genre/Form
  1. bibliography.
  2. graph.
  3. bibliographie.
  4. graphique.
  5. bibliografía.
  6. gráfico.
Contents
  1. Discussion of the Issues -- Unraveling the Vicious Circle: A Discussion About Methodology -- Socioeconomic Factors as a Cause of Health Problems: An Empirical Overview -- Socioeconomic Factors and the Probability of Disability -- Determinants of the Outcomes of Disability: The Influence of Nonmedical Factors -- Disability and Social Welfare -- Conclusions and Policy Proposals.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Note
  1. Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Bibliography: p. 243-257.