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How an increase in income affects the use of dental care services among a low-income population: evidence from the Finnish basic income experiment
BackgroundPrevious research has shown that the use of dental care services has a significant socioeconomic gradient. Lower income groups tend to use...
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Healthcare spending in high-income and upper-middle-income countries: a cross-country analysis
This research investigates the determinants of government healthcare expenditure in high-income and upper-middle-income countries by exploring...
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Estimating the causal effects of income on health: how researchers’ definitions of “income” matter
BackgroundThere is a well-established cross-sectional association between income and health, but estimates of the causal effects of income vary...
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Two sides of the same coin? Absolute income and perceived income inadequacy as social determinants of health
BackgroundAbsolute income is commonly used in studies of health inequalities, however it does not reflect spending patterns, debts, or expectations....
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Achievement of Guideline-Recommended Targets for Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in 38 Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries
BackgroundThis study aimed to estimate the prevalence of achieving the secondary prevention targets recommended in the World Health Organization...
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Income and rural–urban status moderate the association between income inequality and life expectancy in US census tracts
BackgroundA preponderance of evidence suggests that higher income inequality is associated with poorer population health, yet recent research...
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Teleintervention’s effects on breastfeeding in low-income women in high income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis
BackgroundMany mothers in high-income countries (HIC) do not breastfeed to the World Health Organisation’s recommendation of two years. This is...
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Managing household income and antiretroviral therapy adherence among people living with HIV in a low-income setting: a qualitative data from the HPTN 071 (PopART) trial in South Africa
BackgroundSouth Africa is reported to have the highest burden of HIV with an estimated 8.2 million people living with HIV (PLHIV) in 2021- despite...
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The impact of income-support interventions on life course risk factors and health outcomes during childhood: a systematic review in high income countries
BackgroundIn high income countries one in five children still lives in poverty, which is known to adversely shape the life course health trajectory...
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Missed nursing care in acute care hospital settings in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review
BackgroundMissed nursing care undermines nursing standards of care and minimising this phenomenon is crucial to maintaining adequate patient safety...
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Application of telemedicine in global surgery partnerships between high-income and low- and middle-income countries: a sco** review
IntroductionThe Lancet Commission on Global Surgery (LCoGS) estimated that 5 billion people worldwide lack access to safe, timely, and affordable...
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Perceptions of the determinants of health across income and urbanicity levels in eight countries
BackgroundA clear understanding of public perceptions of the social determinants of health remains lacking. This paper aimed to describe the...
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High Systolic Blood Pressure of High-Income African American Children
BackgroundAccording to the Minorities’ Diminished Returns (MDRs) theory, racism may reduce the health returns of family socioeconomic status (SEP)...
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Association between Family Household Income and Cognitive Resilience among Older US Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study
Cognitive resilience has emerged as a mechanism that may help explain individual differences in cognitive function associated with aging and/or...
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An Exploratory Study of Physical Therapists From High-Income Countries Practising Outside of Their Scope in Low and Middle-Income Countries
PurposeTo quantify how often physical therapists from high-income countries (HIC) travelling to low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) practise...
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Income is not an equalizer: health development inequities by ethnoracial backgrounds in California kindergartners
BackgroundEarly childhood health development is positively associated with income, but the strength of this relationship with ethnoracial background...
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Income-Nutrition Gradient and Intrahousehold Allocation in Rural Pakistan
ObjectiveTo estimate the relationship between household income and child health outcomes for male and female children, aged 0–5 years, in rural...
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“COVID-19 and income inequality in OECD countries:” A methodological comment
Wildman (
2021 ), who identifies “a clear association between income inequality [measured by the Gini coefficient] and COVID-19 cases and deaths,”... -
Income Inequality, Gender Disparities, and Ethnic Differences: Investigating Allostatic Load in American Adults
AimTo estimate the association between income inequality and allostatic load score (AL) in adults ages 20 years and older, with a particular focus on...
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Comparing presentations and outcomes of children with cancer: a study between a lower-middle-income country and a high-income country
BackgroundSubstantial progress has been achieved in managing childhood cancers in many high-income countries (HICs). In contrast, survival rates in...
