Going upstream - an umbrella review of the macroeconomic determinants of health and health inequalities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The social determinants of health have been widely recognised yet there remains a lack of clarity regarding what constitute the macro-economic determinants of health and what can be done to address them. An umbrella review of systematic reviews was conducted to identify the evidence for the health and health inequalities impact of population level macroeconomic factors, strategies, policies and interventions.

Methods

Nine databases were searched for systematic reviews meeting the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE) criteria using a novel conceptual framework. Studies were assessed for quality using a standardised instrument and a narrative overview of the findings is presented.

Results

The review found a large (n = 62) but low quality systema

SUBMITTER: Naik Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6915896 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature