doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.21.2.13.
Policy implications of the gradient of health and wealth
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Policy implications of the gradient of health and wealth
Health Aff (Millwood).
2002 Mar-Apr.
Abstract
Men in the United States with family incomes in the top 5 percent of the distribution in 1980 had about 25 percent longer to live than did those in the bottom 5 percent. Proportional increases in income are associated with equal proportional decreases in mortality throughout the income distribution. I discuss possible reasons for this gradient and ask whether it calls for the redistribution of income in the interest of public health. I argue that the existence of the gradient strengthens the case for income redistribution in favor of the poor but that targeting health inequalities would not be sound policy.
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Health and wealth.Health Aff (Millwood). 2002 Jul-Aug;21(4):300; author reply 300. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.21.4.300. Health Aff (Millwood). 2002. PMID: 12117151 No abstract available.
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