Income Inequality and Health Disparities in China’s Urban and Rural

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10.2991/assehr.k.220105.274How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Income; inequality; health; disparities; China

Abstract

In the past 4 decades, along with rapid economic development, social gradients in both health and social-economic status (SES) have come into picture in China. Associated with SES, health inequality has become a severe issue of the nation, at whose root lies a key factor: income. The author briefly reviews some published research and studies on income inequalities and its impact on health status across the country, and suggests that spatial disparities of economic development among and within provinces largely generate health inequality in China. With farther elaboration, the author focused on three dimensions: 1. the urban-rural gap in China, 2. health status of the elderly, and 3. health status of children, as representatives to illustrate the association. According to published research work, income differences have resulted in health disparities at both an individual level and a regional one. That is, not only that income inequality exists among individuals in China, but it also has a clear spatial pattern. The author concludes that income gradients are positively connected to health status of both the elderly and children in China, and health policymakers must pay attention to these two subgroups and offer them more approachable health services.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Tingyu He
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/01/17
TI  - Income Inequality and Health Disparities in China’s Urban and Rural
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Social Development and Media Communication (SDMC 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1488
EP  - 1492
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220105.274
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220105.274
ID  - He2022
ER  -