Income and Illness
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9099320 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul W Newacheck (University of San Francisco, corresponding author), LEWIS H BUTLER (Institute of Health Services and Policy Research), AILEEN K HARPER (Institute of Health Services and Policy Research), DYAN L PIONTKOWSKI (Institute of Health Services and Policy Research), PATRICIA E FRANKS (University of San Francisco, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pages | 1165-1176 |
| Publication date | 1980-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medical Care (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948 |
| Publisher | Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1097/00005650-198012000-00002 |
| PMID | 7464297 |
| OpenAlex | W2061583041 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 1 |
Little research has been directed toward an examination of the health needs of low-income Americans in relation to major governmental medical care programs designed originally to narrow the health gap between "poor" and "nonpoor." Analysis of unpublished data from the 1977 Health Interview Survey of the National Center for Health Statistics shows that about 75 per cent of the gap in restricted activity days and bed disability days--two common measures of the impact of ill-health--between "poor" and "nonpoor" populations is attributable to greater prevalence and severity of activity-limiting chronic conditions among low-income people. Although both income groups report similar types of chronic conditions resulting in activity limitation, the prevalence of all major chronic conditions is greater in the low-income population. Approximately 25 per cent of the low-income population bears the burden of these conditions; the majority of the "poor" report disability day levels similar to the "nonpoor." The substantial impact of chronic conditions should be an important consideration in meeting the health needs of the low-income population. Current government programs, such as Medicare and medicaid, however, are designed primarily to pay for acute care received in hospitals and in physicians' offices
Chronic condition · Disease · Environmental health · Government (linguistics) · Health care · Limiting · Low income · Medicaid · National Health Interview Survey · Population · Socioeconomic status · Socioeconomics · Demography · Economic, Social, and Health Studies · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Global Health Care Issues · Medicine · Gerontology
Socioeconomic Differentials in Health
Health Status as a Measure of Need for Medical Care
Patterns of Physician Use Among Low-Income, Chronically Ill Persons
Equity of Access to Medical Care
Converging Health Inequalities in Later Life-An Artifact of Mortality Selection
Age, Socioeconomic Status, and Health
Do Functional Health Inequalities Decrease in Old Age?
SES Differentials in Health by Age and Alternative Indicators of SES
Continuity and Change in the Social Stratification of Aging and Health Over the Life Course
Morbidity and use of ambulatory care services among poor and nonpoor children
National health insurance always just around the corner
The effects of poverty, race, and family structure on US children's health
Inter-Governmental Relationships
The Effect of Marital Disruption on Children’s Health
Race, status attainment, and depression
The influence of socioeconomic status on change in health status after hospitalization
Socioeconomic status and age trajectories of health
What price chronic illness
| Unique citing works | 18 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 1981 - 2007 (27) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |