Open AccessMorbidity and mortality in Brazilian municipalities: a multilevel study of the association between socioeconomic and healthcare indicators
Author(s) -
Luciana Tricai Cavalini,
Antônio Ponce de León
Publication year - 2008
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/dyn088
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , poisson regression , multilevel model , health care , environmental health , epidemiology , medicine , demography , statistics , population , economics , mathematics , sociology , economic growth
Socioeconomic and healthcare indicators are major determinants of health outcomes. The impact of social and healthcare inequalities on Brazilian morbidity and mortality indicators is of concern but it is not well studied.
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