Searching for the Economic Gradient in Self-Assessed Health

Can self-assessed health be relied on to identify the true socioeconomic gradients in health status? The self-assessed health of Russian adults in 2002 shows remarkably little gradient with respect to economic welfare. The authors document this finding and assess its robustness to the assumptions ro...

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Main Authors:	Lokshin, Michael, Ravallion, Martin
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AGED ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION BUDGET CONSTRAINTS CLINICAL OUTCOMES COMMUNITY HEALTH DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH DIETS DISEASES ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES ECONOMIC REVIEW ECONOMICS EPIDEMIOLOGY EXPENDITURES EXTENSION GENDER HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH ECONOMICS HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH POLICY HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE HOUSEHOLD INCOME HYPERTENSION INCOME EFFECT INCOME EFFECTS INCOMES INFANT MORTALITY LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVING STANDARDS MEDICAL CARE MORBIDITY MORTALITY PERSONALITY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES PUBLIC SERVICES QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE QUALITY OF LIFE SMOKING SOCIOLOGY SURGERY UNEMPLOYMENT WALKING WORKERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/09/6920744/searching-economic-gradient-self-assessed-health http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8468

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spelling	okr-10986-84682021-04-23T14:02:43Z Searching for the Economic Gradient in Self-Assessed Health Lokshin, Michael Ravallion, Martin AGED ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION BUDGET CONSTRAINTS CLINICAL OUTCOMES COMMUNITY HEALTH DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH DIETS DISEASES ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES ECONOMIC REVIEW ECONOMICS EPIDEMIOLOGY EXPENDITURES EXTENSION GENDER HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH ECONOMICS HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH POLICY HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE HOUSEHOLD INCOME HYPERTENSION INCOME EFFECT INCOME EFFECTS INCOMES INFANT MORTALITY LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVING STANDARDS MEDICAL CARE MORBIDITY MORTALITY PERSONALITY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES PUBLIC SERVICES QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE QUALITY OF LIFE SMOKING SOCIOLOGY SURGERY UNEMPLOYMENT WALKING WORKERS Can self-assessed health be relied on to identify the true socioeconomic gradients in health status? The self-assessed health of Russian adults in 2002 shows remarkably little gradient with respect to economic welfare. The authors document this finding and assess its robustness to the assumptions routinely made in measuring health and welfare. They find that the expected economic gradient only emerges once one focuses on the component of self-assessed health that is explicable in terms of age and more objective health indicators and one allows for broader dimensions of economic welfare than captured by standard income-based measures. The results point to the need for caution in analyzing and interpreting self-assessed health data. 2012-06-19T19:43:31Z 2012-06-19T19:43:31Z 2005-09 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/09/6920744/searching-economic-gradient-self-assessed-health http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8468 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3698 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Europe and Central Asia Russian Federation
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topic	AGED ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION BUDGET CONSTRAINTS CLINICAL OUTCOMES COMMUNITY HEALTH DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH DIETS DISEASES ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES ECONOMIC REVIEW ECONOMICS EPIDEMIOLOGY EXPENDITURES EXTENSION GENDER HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH ECONOMICS HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH POLICY HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE HOUSEHOLD INCOME HYPERTENSION INCOME EFFECT INCOME EFFECTS INCOMES INFANT MORTALITY LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVING STANDARDS MEDICAL CARE MORBIDITY MORTALITY PERSONALITY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES PUBLIC SERVICES QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE QUALITY OF LIFE SMOKING SOCIOLOGY SURGERY UNEMPLOYMENT WALKING WORKERS
spellingShingle	AGED ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION BUDGET CONSTRAINTS CLINICAL OUTCOMES COMMUNITY HEALTH DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH DIETS DISEASES ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES ECONOMIC REVIEW ECONOMICS EPIDEMIOLOGY EXPENDITURES EXTENSION GENDER HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH ECONOMICS HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH POLICY HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE HOUSEHOLD INCOME HYPERTENSION INCOME EFFECT INCOME EFFECTS INCOMES INFANT MORTALITY LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVING STANDARDS MEDICAL CARE MORBIDITY MORTALITY PERSONALITY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES PUBLIC SERVICES QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE QUALITY OF LIFE SMOKING SOCIOLOGY SURGERY UNEMPLOYMENT WALKING WORKERS Lokshin, Michael Ravallion, Martin Searching for the Economic Gradient in Self-Assessed Health
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description	Can self-assessed health be relied on to identify the true socioeconomic gradients in health status? The self-assessed health of Russian adults in 2002 shows remarkably little gradient with respect to economic welfare. The authors document this finding and assess its robustness to the assumptions routinely made in measuring health and welfare. They find that the expected economic gradient only emerges once one focuses on the component of self-assessed health that is explicable in terms of age and more objective health indicators and one allows for broader dimensions of economic welfare than captured by standard income-based measures. The results point to the need for caution in analyzing and interpreting self-assessed health data.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Lokshin, Michael Ravallion, Martin
author_facet	Lokshin, Michael Ravallion, Martin
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title	Searching for the Economic Gradient in Self-Assessed Health
title_short	Searching for the Economic Gradient in Self-Assessed Health
title_full	Searching for the Economic Gradient in Self-Assessed Health
title_fullStr	Searching for the Economic Gradient in Self-Assessed Health
title_full_unstemmed	Searching for the Economic Gradient in Self-Assessed Health
title_sort	searching for the economic gradient in self-assessed health
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/09/6920744/searching-economic-gradient-self-assessed-health http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8468
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