The goal of this work was to observe and analyze health inequalities, taking into consideration the influence that the social background of individuals has in the production and reproduction of inequalities. Taking ISTAT reports as databases, which concern aspects of daily life, the results - also confirmed by the literature and by countless empirical studies on the subject - agree with the thesis according to, in later life, the decline in the state of health appears to be delayed for subjects who occupy a highest social positions and a higher educational qualification, compared to those who are in disadvantaged socio-economic conditions and with a lower educational qualification. Differences that are also recorded in the purchase and consumption of drugs.
The social costs of disease / Giancola, Orazio; Colarusso, Simona. - In: JOURNAL OF ADVANCED HEALTH CARE. - ISSN 2612-1344. - 2:(2020), pp. 1-6. [10.36017/jahc2007-003]
The social costs of disease
Orazio Giancola
;Simona Colarusso
2020
Abstract
The goal of this work was to observe and analyze health inequalities, taking into consideration the influence that the social background of individuals has in the production and reproduction of inequalities. Taking ISTAT reports as databases, which concern aspects of daily life, the results - also confirmed by the literature and by countless empirical studies on the subject - agree with the thesis according to, in later life, the decline in the state of health appears to be delayed for subjects who occupy a highest social positions and a higher educational qualification, compared to those who are in disadvantaged socio-economic conditions and with a lower educational qualification. Differences that are also recorded in the purchase and consumption of drugs.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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