Decomposing socioeconomic inequalities in depressive symptoms among the elderly in China

• Main Authors: Yongjian Xu (Author), Jinjuan Yang (Author), Jianmin Gao (Author), Zhongliang Zhou (Author), Tao Zhang (Author), Jianping Ren (Author), Yanli Li (Author), Yuyan Qian (Author), Sha Lai (Author), Gang Chen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Accelerated population ageing brings about unprecedented challenges to the health system in China. This study aimed to measure the prevalence and the income-related inequality of depressive symptoms, and also identify the determinants of depressive symptom inequality among the el...