The less healthy urban population: income-related health inequality in China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health inequality has been recognized as a problem all over the world. In China, the poor usually have less access to healthcare than the better-off, despite having higher levels of need. Since the proportion of the Chinese population living in urban areas increased tremendously with the urbanization movements, attention has been paid to the association between urban/rural residence and population health. It is important to understand the variation in health across income groups, and in particular to take into account the effects of urban/rural residence on the degree of income-related health inequalities.

Methods

This paper empirically assesses the magnitude of rural/urban disparities in income-related adult health status, i.e., self-assessed health (SAH) and phy

SUBMITTER: Yang W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3563496 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature