SRH and HrQOL: does social position impact differently on their link with health status?

SRH and HrQOL: does social position impact differently on their link with health status?

BACKGROUND Self-rated Health (SRH) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) are used to evaluate health disparities. Like all subjective measures of health, they are dependent on health expectations that are associated with socioeconomic characteristics. It is thus needed to analyse the influence played by socioeconomic position (SEP) on the relationship between these two indicators and healt...

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