Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Health Inequities

Differences in health status and in the distribution of health resources between different population groups, arising from the social conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age (https://www.who.int/news-room/facts-in-pictures/detail/health-inequities-and-their-causes#:~:text=Health%20inequities%20are%20differences%20in,right%20mix%20of%20government%20policies.)

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Differences in health status and in the distribution of health resources between different population groups, arising from the social conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age (https://www.who.int/news-room/facts-in-pictures/detail/health-inequities-and-their-causes#:~:text=Health%20inequities%20are%20differences%20in,right%20mix%20of%20government%20policies.)

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  • Health Inequalities
  • Health Inequality
  • Health Inequity
  • Inequality, Health
  • Inequity, Health
  • Health Disparities
  • Disparity, Health
  • Health Disparity

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coordinate with SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH

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2022

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  1. I01w.240w.425.513
  2. N01.224w.425.394

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Health Inequities. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000091682. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000091682
  2. Health Inequities. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112220443