Whether or not the scale of a society's income inequality is a determinant of population
health is still regarded as a controversial issue. We decided to review the evidence and see …

In this glossary, the authors address eight key questions pertinent to health inequalities:(1)
What is the distinction between health inequality and health inequity?;(2) Should we assess …

I discuss mechanisms linking health and inequality and review evidence for effects of
income inequality on aggregate and individual mortality, over time and over space. I …

Infant mortality (IM) and birth outcomes, key population health indicators, have lifelong
implications for individuals, and are unequally distributed globally. Even among western …

This article reviews 98 aggregate and multilevel studies examining the associations
between income inequality and health. Overall, there seems to be little support for the idea …

Many developed countries have experienced a sharp rise in income inequality during the
past three decades, and the United States is no exception (1). For example, the average …

This paper compares the effects of obesity, overweight, smoking, and problem drinking on
health care use and health status based on national survey data. Obesity has roughly the …

This paper reviews the evidence on the well-known positive association between
socioeconomic status and health. We focus on four dimensions of socioeconomic status …

This paper describes and critiques the income inequality approach to health inequalities. It
then presents an alternative class-based model through a focus on the causes and not only …

The concept of “fundamental causality” has gained increasing attention as a way of
understanding the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and health outcomes …