Estimating national poverty rates and their effect on mortality: 129 countries, 1990–2013

Background: A country's wealth is an established predictor of population health outcomes. The distribution of wealth within a country is also associated with health outcomes, yet the relation between poverty and health outcomes has not been as widely assessed in cross-country studies because o...

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Main Authors: Dr. J Dieleman, PhD, T Templin, BA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-03-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X15701294