Open AccessThe Impact of Increasing Health Insurance Coverage on Disparities in Mortality: Health Care Reform in Colombia, 1998–2007
Author(s) -
Iván Arroyave,
Doris Cardona,
Alex Burdorf,
Mauricio Avendaño
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2012.301143
Subject(s) - poisson regression , medicine , demography , confidence interval , socioeconomic status , population , health equity , inequality , census , health care , environmental health , public health , mathematical analysis , nursing , mathematics , sociology , economics , economic growth
We examined the impact of expanding health insurance coverage on socioeconomic disparities in total and cardiovascular disease mortality from 1998 to 2007 in Colombia.