Creator:

Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)

Geography:

North America > Canada

Categories:

• Multiple Indicators

Tags:

• health policy
• income distribution
• income inequality
• population health

Date:

2004

URL:

http://secure.cihi.ca/cihiweb/products/IIPH_2004_e.pdf

Annotation:

The report, What Have We Learned Studying Income Inequality and Population Health?, synthesizes the research on income inequality and health. This report reviews the chronology of studies on income inequality and health, explores some of the differences between countries and examines research gaps. The report concludes with a summary and discussion of policy implications as identified by the author.