Does socio-economic status influence amputation outcomes?

Outcomes following large joint arthroplasty: does socio-economic status matter?

BACKGROUND We sought to determine whether socio-economic status (SES) is an independent predictor of outcome following total knee (TKR) and hip (THR) replacement in Australians. METHODS In this prospective cohort study, we included patients undergoing TKR and THR in a public hospital in whom baseline and 12-month follow-up data were available. SES was determined using the Australian Bureau of...

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Effects of Socio-economic Status Inequality on Health Outcomes.

Dear Editor Studies about association between socio-economic status (SES) and health outcomes have been increasingly undertaken in Iran in the last decade.1–3 The connection between SES and health outcomes should be systematically analyzed to yield better interventions.4 In the following decades, reduction of socioeconomic inequalities can be an achievable goal but we should provide the necessa...

Does the Order of Potential Outcomes Influence Economic Decision Making?

This study examines whether the order of potential outcomes influences risky decision-making. It is found that individuals select riskier alternatives much more frequently when the outcomes for each alternative gamble are specified from worst to best than when they are given from best to worst. This observed outcome order effect is more consistent with a change in the shape of the probability w...

Does socio-economic status and health consciousness influence how women respond to health related messages in media?

During the past few decades, people have been increasingly exposed to health-related messages in the mass media, conveying recommendations for healthy lifestyles. The present study investigates whether these messages represent a stressor, and whether coping responses increase levels of motivation or levels of negative affect. A sample of 403 women aged 45 years were surveyed twice, at an interv...