Health inequalities and income for people with spinal cord injury. A comparison between and within countries.

ABSTRACT: Income and health are related in a bi-directional manner, whereby level of income affects health and vice versa. People in poorer households tend to experience worse health status and higher mortality rates than people in wealthier households, and, at the same time, having poor health could restrict workability leading to less income. This gap exists in almost every country, and it is more pronounced in more unequal countries and in vulnerable populations, such as people experiencing disability. The goal of this paper is to estimate the health-income gap in people with a Spinal Cord Injury (SCI), which is a chronic health condition often associated with multiple comorbidities that leads to disability. As data on mortality is inexistent, to estimate the health-income gap for persons with SC

SUBMITTER: Ona A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8259327 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature