Socio-Economic Inequalities in Health
A special issue of Epidemiologia (ISSN 2673-3986).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 8315
Special Issue Editor
Interests: income inequality; disparities; justice inequality; place-based inequality; geographical inequality
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Dear Colleagues,
Despite a negative correlation between economic inequalities and health, evidence shows that the world underestimates the true level of inequality or may not be completely aware of its impact on health. It is thus essential to bring it to the attention of policymakers. The concavity effect of inequality plays a crucial role in equity. In this approach, transferring an additional dollar from rich to poor improves the health status of poor communities more than that of wealthy communities.
For this Special Collection, we would like to focus on place-based inequalities considering social determinants of health. Some of the areas of interest include but are not limited to:
- Place-based disparities and social determinants of health;
- Geographical disparities and utilization of inpatient/outpatient services;
- Structural racism and economic inequality;
- The impact of health insurance coverage on reducing economic inequality;
- Wage disparities and economic inequality and its impact on health outcome;
- The labor market and socioeconomic disparities;
- Socioeconomic inequality and the justice system;
- Socioeconomic inequality and men’s/women’s health.
Dr. Hossein Zare
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- economic inequality
- geographical inequality
- place-based disparities
- justice inequality
- income inequality
- racial disparities
- inequality and social control
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