BACKGROUND Addressing inequitable coverage of maternal and child health care services among different socioeconomic strata of population and across states is an important part of India's contemporary health program. This has wide implications for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goal targets. OBJECTIVE This paper assesses the inequity in coverage of maternal, newborn, and child h...

The approaching retirement of the baby-boom generation has attracted both research and public policy attention. Many social and economic changes occurred during the second half of the twentieth century, changes that are likely to affect the retirement economic security of recent cohorts in many ways. In this article, using data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), a longitudinal, nationa...

BACKGROUND Noncommunicable diseases are an increasing health concern worldwide, but particularly in low- and middle-income countries. This study quantified and compared education- and wealth-based inequalities in the prevalence of five noncommunicable diseases (angina, arthritis, asthma, depression and diabetes) and comorbidity in low- and middle-income country groups. METHODS Using 2002-04 W...

Objectives To quantify the potential impact of minimum unit pricing (MUP) for alcohol on consumption, spending and health in South Africa. We provide these estimates disaggregated by different drinker groups wealth quintiles. Design developed an epidemiological policy appraisal model to estimate effects MUP across sex, (moderate, occasional binge, heavy) Stakeholder interviews workshops informe...

BACKGROUND Reducing child mortality was one of the Millennium Development Goals. In the current Sustainable Development Goals era, achieving equity is prioritized as a major aim. OBJECTIVE This study aims to provide a comprehensive and updated picture of inequalities in child health intervention coverage and child health outcomes by wealth status, as well as their trends between 2000 and 2014...

OBJECTIVE Reduction of socioeconomic inequality in health requires appropriate evidence on health and its distribution based on socioeconomic indicators. The objective of this study was to assess socioeconomic inequality in various health domains and self-rated health (SRH). METHODS This study was conducted using data collected in a survey in 2014 on a random sample of individuals aged 18 and...

BACKGROUND Worse health outcomes including higher morbidity and mortality are most often observed among the poorest fractions of a population. In this paper we present and validate national, regional and state-level distributions of national wealth index scores, for urban and rural populations, derived from household asset data collected in six survey rounds in India between 1992-3 and 2007-8. ...

BACKGROUND Socioeconomic inequalities in mental health have been shown in a number of populations. This study aims to investigate the association between asset wealth and psychological distress in New Zealand and whether it is independent of other socioeconomic measures and baseline health status. METHODS Data for this study were from the first three waves of the Survey of Families, Income an...