Socioeconomic Inequalities in Non-Communicable Diseases and Self Assessed Health in Turkey
IRANIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, cilt.43, sa.6, ss.736-748, 2014 (SCI-Expanded, SSCI, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 43 Sayı: 6
- Basım Tarihi: 2014
- Dergi Adı: IRANIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.736-748
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Chronic disease, Self assessed health, Inequality, Decomposition method
- Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Background: Inequities in health need to be monitored and necessary actions should be taken to reduce them. This study aimed to determine the socioeconomic distribution of self-reported chronic diseases and self-assessed health (SAH) in Turkey and try to evaluate the determinants of such inequalities in terms of their contributions.