Logo_Icesi
 

Inequalities in non-communicable diseases and effective responses

No hay miniatura disponible

Fecha

2013-02-16

Director de tesis/Asesor

Título de la revista

ISSN de la revista

Título del volumen

Publicador

The Lancet Publishing Group

Editor

Compartir

Documentos PDF

Resumen

In most countries, people who have a low socioeconomic status and those who live in poor or marginalised communities have a higher risk of dying from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) than do more advantaged groups and communities. Smoking rates, blood pressure, and several other NCD risk factors are often higher in groups with low socioeconomic status than in those with high socioeconomic status; the social gradient also depends on the country's stage of economic development, cultural factors, and social and health policies. Social inequalities in risk factors account for more than half of inequalities in major NCDs, especially for cardiovascular diseases and lung cancer. People in low-income countries and those with low socioeconomic status also have worse access to health care for timely diagnosis and treatment of NCDs than do those in high-income countries or those with higher socioeconomic status.

Abstract

Resumo

Descripción

Palabras clave

Economía, Econometría, Economics, Econometrics models, Enfermedades cardiovasculares, Cáncer de pulmón, Diagnóstico de enfermedades, Salud

Keywords

Palavras-chave

Citación

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61851-0

Handle

ISBN

ISSN

0140-6736

OLIB

URL

YouTube

Creative Commons License
Excepto si se señala otra cosa, la licencia del ítem se describe como Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 4.0 Internacional (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).