Inequalities in multimorbidity in South Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Very little is known about socioeconomic related inequalities in multimorbidity, especially in developing countries. Traditionally, studies on health inequalities have mainly focused on a single disease condition or different conditions in isolation. This paper examines socioeconomic inequality in multimorbidity in illness and disability in South Africa between 2005 and 2008.

Methods

Data were drawn from the 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 rounds of the nationally representative annual South African General Household Surveys (GHS). Indirectly standardised concentration indices were used to assess socioeconomic inequality. A proxy index of socioeconomic status was constructed, for each year, using a selected set of variables that are available in all the GHS rounds. Mul

SUBMITTER: Ataguba JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3765402 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature