OBJECTIVE To investigate the relation between income inequality and life expectancy in Italy and across wealthy nations. DESIGN AND SETTING Measure correlation between income inequality and life expectancy at birth within Italy and across the top 21 wealthy countries. Pearson correlation coefficients were calculated to study these relations. Multivariate linear regression was used to measure ...

BACKGROUND Universal health care systems seek to ensure access to care on the basis of need, rather than income, but there are concerns about preferential access to cardiovascular and specialist care for high income patients. In this study, I used population-based, individual-level health, income and utilization data to determine whether whether there is evidence for differential access to phys...

Background As middle-income countries become more affluent, economically sophisticated and productive, health expenditure patterns are likely to change. Other socio-demographic and political changes that accompany rapid economic growth are also likely to influence health spending and financial protection.   Methods This study investigates the relationship between growth on per-capita healthcare...

Advances in information and communication technology (ICT) have provided a platform for the introduction diffusion of range financial technologies that transformed sector. This study analyses (fintech) its interaction with inclusion living standards (GDP per capita). We consider determinants effects services identify two possible transmission mechanisms from sector to GDP capita – fintech chann...

administer and finance, A State that spends a comparatively large amount per inhabitant for public assistance ordinarily uses a relatively large percent of its income payments to support the program. There is a fairly high correlation between the ranking of States in amount spent per inhabitant for public assistance from State and local funds and percent of income used (chart 1). There is littl...