Measurement and decomposition of income-related inequality in self-rated health among the elderly in China

• Main Authors: Hai Gu (Author), Yun Kou (Author), Hua You (Author), Xinpeng Xu (Author), Nichao Yang (Author), Jing Liu (Author), Xiyan Liu (Author), Jinghong Gu (Author), Xiaolu Li (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Population ageing in China has brought increasing attention to the health inequalities of the elderly. The purpose of this paper is to measure income-related health inequality among the elderly in China and decompose its causes. Methods The data are from the China Health and Reti...