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Ethnic inequality and public health.

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العنوان: Ethnic inequality and public health.
المؤلفون: Ponnusamy S; Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia., Hakeem MA; School of Economics and Public Policy, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
المصدر: Health economics [Health Econ] 2024 Jan; Vol. 33 (1), pp. 41-58. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Sep 20.
نوع المنشور: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
اللغة: English
بيانات الدورية: Publisher: Wiley Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 9306780 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1099-1050 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 10579230 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Health Econ Subsets: MEDLINE
أسماء مطبوعة: Original Publication: Chichester ; New York : Wiley, c1992-
مواضيع طبية MeSH: Public Health* , Ethnicity*, Child ; Infant, Newborn ; Humans ; Minority Groups ; Life Expectancy ; Health Status Disparities ; Socioeconomic Factors
مستخلص: We examine the association between ethnic inequality and various key health outcomes for a global set of developed and developing countries. Our results show that higher ethnic inequality is associated with a poor state of public health, such as higher child and maternal mortality, increased stillbirths and child stunting, and reduced life expectancy at birth. This set of effects is found to be predominant mainly in developing countries, and Sub-Saharan African countries. Results remain robust to the inclusion of various other measures of inequality, ethnic composition indices, geographic endowments, and other relevant controls. We argue that lower contraceptive usage and poor vaccination rates are potential mechanisms through which ethnic inequality affects health outcomes. Policies targeted at improving public health may need to focus more on these key intermediate channels in ethnic minority regions.
(© 2023 The Authors. Health Economics published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
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فهرسة مساهمة: Keywords: child mortality; health; inequality
تواريخ الأحداث: Date Created: 20230920 Date Completed: 20231216 Latest Revision: 20240910
رمز التحديث: 20240911
DOI: 10.1002/hec.4759
PMID: 37728591
قاعدة البيانات: MEDLINE
الوصف
تدمد:1099-1050
DOI:10.1002/hec.4759