Socioeconomic inequalities in health and nutrition among older adults in Mexico
Objective. To analyze the socioeconomic inequalities in health among the population of older adults in Mexico. Materials and methods. Analysis of two national health surveys in Mexico (Ensanut 2012 and Ensanut 100k) in which inequality gradients are estimated for various health and nutrition outcom...
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doaj-0f902adbee0a42168754fa1e2e317f262020-11-25T01:10:19ZengInstituto Nacional de Salud PúblicaSalud Pública de México0036-36342019-12-01616, nov-dic89890610.21149/1055616739Socioeconomic inequalities in health and nutrition among older adults in MexicoAarón Salinas-Rodríguez0Betty Manrique-Espinoza1Vanessa De la Cruz-Góngora2Ana Rivera-Almaraz3Instituto Nacional de Salud PúblicaInstituto Nacional de Salud PúblicaInstituto Nacional de Salud PúblicaInstituto Nacional de Salud PúblicaObjective. To analyze the socioeconomic inequalities in health among the population of older adults in Mexico. Materials and methods. Analysis of two national health surveys in Mexico (Ensanut 2012 and Ensanut 100k) in which inequality gradients are estimated for various health and nutrition outcomes of older adults over 60 years, using the Relative Index of Inequality (RII) and the Slope Index of Inequality (SII). Results. Older adults with lower socioeconomic status had worse levels of cognition, instrumental activities of daily living, depressive symptoms, muscle mass, low weight, and anemia. Conclusions. Substantial socioeconomic inequalities in health were observed in this study. Given the rapid growth of the population of older adults in Mexico, our results indicate that urgent actions are necessary to achieve health equity in this population group, particularly universal access to health, as well as universal coverage of health services.http://www.saludpublica.mx/index.php/spm/article/view/10556inequalitieshealth carehealth statusaged |
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Aarón Salinas-Rodríguez Betty Manrique-Espinoza Vanessa De la Cruz-Góngora Ana Rivera-Almaraz |
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Aarón Salinas-Rodríguez Betty Manrique-Espinoza Vanessa De la Cruz-Góngora Ana Rivera-Almaraz Socioeconomic inequalities in health and nutrition among older adults in Mexico Salud Pública de México inequalities health care health status aged |
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Aarón Salinas-Rodríguez Betty Manrique-Espinoza Vanessa De la Cruz-Góngora Ana Rivera-Almaraz |
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Aarón Salinas-Rodríguez |
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Socioeconomic inequalities in health and nutrition among older adults in Mexico |
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Socioeconomic inequalities in health and nutrition among older adults in Mexico |
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Socioeconomic inequalities in health and nutrition among older adults in Mexico |
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Socioeconomic inequalities in health and nutrition among older adults in Mexico |
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Socioeconomic inequalities in health and nutrition among older adults in Mexico |
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socioeconomic inequalities in health and nutrition among older adults in mexico |
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Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública |
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Salud Pública de México |
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0036-3634 |
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2019-12-01 |
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Objective. To analyze the socioeconomic inequalities in health among the population of older adults in Mexico. Materials and methods. Analysis of two national health surveys in Mexico (Ensanut 2012 and Ensanut 100k) in which inequality gradients are estimated for various health and nutrition outcomes of older adults over 60 years, using the Relative Index of Inequality (RII) and the Slope Index of Inequality (SII). Results. Older adults with lower socioeconomic status had worse levels of cognition, instrumental activities of daily living, depressive symptoms, muscle mass, low weight, and anemia. Conclusions. Substantial socioeconomic inequalities in health were observed in this study. Given the rapid growth of the population of older adults in Mexico, our results indicate that urgent actions are necessary to achieve health equity in this population group, particularly universal access to health, as well as universal coverage of health services. |
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inequalities health care health status aged |
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