Socioeconomic inequalities in health status and survival: a cohort study in Rome.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To analyse the association between individual and contextual socioeconomic position (SEP) with health status and to investigate the role of SEP and baseline health status on survival.

Design

Cross-sectional and cohort study.

Setting

Rome, Italy.

Participants, primary and secondary outcomes

We selected the 25-99 year-olds included in the Rome 2011 census cohort. As a measure of health status on the census reference date (09 October 2011), we used the presence of chronic or rare conditions from the Disease-Related Co-payment Exemption Registry, a database implemented to provide free care to people with chronic or rare diseases. We used logistic regression to analyse the association between both individual (educational attainment) and contextual SEP (ne

SUBMITTER: Dei Bardi L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9396137 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature