Socioeconomic inequalities in the prevalence of chronic diseases and preventive care among adults aged 45 and older in Shaanxi Province, China

• Main Authors: Sha Lai (Author), Chi Shen (Author), Xiaowei Yang (Author), Xiaolong Zhang (Author), Yongjian Xu (Author), Qian Li (Author), Jianmin Gao (Author), Zhongliang Zhou (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Monitoring inequalities in chronic disease prevalence and their preventive care can help build effective strategies to improve health equality. Using hypertension and diabetes as a model, this study measures and decomposes socioeconomic inequalities in their prevalence and preven...