Open AccessIncreasing geographical inequalities in health in New Zealand, 1980–2001
Author(s) -
Jamie Pearce,
Danny Dorling
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyl013
Subject(s) - inequality , geography , demography , medicine , environmental health , sociology , mathematics , mathematical analysis
Recent studies have noted widening health inequalities between rich and poor areas in a number of OECD countries. This paper examines whether health in New Zealand has become more geographically polarized during the period 1980-2001, a time of rapid social and economic changes in New Zealand society.
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