Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Socioeconomic Disparities in Health

Differences in health based on socioeconomic status. Socioeconomic-based health disparities often begins early in life due to various SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS, e.g. social, economic and educational statuses that limit potential or realized access to resources for maintaining health.

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Abstract

Differences in health based on socioeconomic status. Socioeconomic-based health disparities often begins early in life due to various SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS, e.g. social, economic and educational statuses that limit potential or realized access to resources for maintaining health.

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13 entry terms
  • Economic Disadvantage in Health
  • Economic Disparities in Health
  • Economic Disparity in Health
  • Social Disadvantage in Health
  • Social Disparities in Health
  • Social Disparity in Health
  • Socioeconomic Disadvantage
  • Socioeconomic Disadvantage in Health
  • Socioeconomic Disparities
  • Socioeconomic Disparity
  • Disadvantage, Socioeconomic
  • Disparity, Socioeconomic
  • Socioeconomic Disadvantages

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Indexing Annotation

SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH is available

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History Note

2023

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Previous Indexing

  • Socioeconomic Factors (1986-2022)

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  1. I01w.240w.425.513.875
  2. N01.224w.425.394.875

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Socioeconomic Disparities in Health. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000093862. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000093862
  2. Socioeconomic Disparities in Health. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116757407