Socioeconomic status, health inequalities and non-communicable diseases: a systematic review
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2018Cita bibliográfica
Lago, S., Cantarero, D., Rivera, B., Pascual, M., Blázquez-Fernández, C., Casal, B., & Reyes, F. (2018). Socioeconomic status, health inequalities and non-communicable diseases: a systematic review. Journal of Public Health, 26(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/S10389-017-0850-Z
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[Abstract]: Aim A comprehensive approach to health highlights its close
relationship with the social and economic conditions, physical
environment and individual lifestyles. However, this relationship is not exempt from methodological problems that may
bias the establishment of direct effects between the variables
studied. Thus, further research is necessary to investigate the
role of socioeconomic variables, their composition and distribution according to health status, particularly on noncommunicable diseases.
Subjects and methods To shed light on this field, here a systematic review is performed using PubMed, the Cochrane
Library and Web of Science. A 7-year retrospective horizon
was considered until 21 July 2017.26 studies analyzed used aggregated data compared to 21
using individual data. Eleven considered income as a study
variable, while 17 analyzed the effect of income inequality on
health status (2 of the studies considered both the absolute
level and distribution of income). The most used indicator of
inequality in the literature was the Gini index.
Conclusion Although different types of analysis produce very
different results concerning the role of health determinants,
the general conclusion is that income distribution is related
to health where it represents a measure of the differences in
social class in the society. The effect of income inequality is to
increase the gap between social classes or to widen differences
in status.
Results Twenty-six papers were obtained from the database
search. Additionally, results from Bhand searching^ were also
included, where a wider horizon was considered. Five of the .
Palabras chave
Socioeconomic status
Health inequalities
Non-communicable diseases
Systematic review
Health inequalities
Non-communicable diseases
Systematic review
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1613-2238