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December 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Researchers evaluate associations between mortgage delinquency and changes in health and health-relevant resources over two years (between 2006 and 2008).
August 1, 2005 | Journal Article
Previous research has documented an association between income inequality and mortality in the United States. To further explore this association, this study compared census data and tax return income data for the period between 1949 and 1999 with m ...
January 1, 2004 | Journal Article
The income inequality-health hypothesis seeks to explain differences in average levels of health among countries, or among regions in one country, by the extent of disparity among income levels. Income inequality is linked to other components of soc ...
June 1, 2004 | Journal Article
The authors analyze 100-year U.S. national income-inequality trends in relation to trends in mortality rates by age group and for heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, infants, suicide and homicide. The authors also review U.S. regional trends in ...
May 1, 2008 | Journal Article
This study examined whether smoking, alcohol use, and physical inactivity moderate the relationship between perceived stress and the risk of death in the U.S. population as a whole and across socioeconomic strata.
March 1, 2007 | Journal Article
Working adults who are poor are more likely to be women, racial and ethnic minorities, less educated, and employed in sales, service, production, and material moving sectors, and are less likely to receive insurance through employers.
September 1, 2007 | Journal Article
Recent studies have demonstrated a connection between low-socioeconomic status and poor health in children. This study builds upon previous work on the income gradient in child health by testing whether the mother's health and behaviors during pregn ...
January 1, 2001 | Program Result
In 1997, the Washington Health Care Authority (HCA) - the state agency responsible for administering the benefit program for nearly 300,000 Washington public employees, retirees and dependents, and the largest health care purchaser in the state - implemented a health-status-based risk-adjusted payment system.
January 7, 2013 | Program Result
Since 2001, More Than Wheels has helped nearly 1,500 low-income families in New England purchase reliable, fuel-efficient cars. The program also works to give people skills to improve their financial stability and their overall health and well-being.
September 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Providing financial incentives to hospitals to improve quality is increasingly common, yet little is known about its effect on hospitals that provide care for poorer patients. In this study, researchers looked at how financial incentives affected those hospitals serving larger, poorer populations.