Are estimates of socioeconomic inequalities in chronic disease artefactually narrowed by self-reported measures of prevalence in low-income and middle-income countries? Findings from the WHO-SAGE survey

BACKGROUND: The use of self-reported measures of chronic disease may substantially underestimate prevalence in low-income and middle-income country settings, especially in groups with lower socioeconomic status (SES). We sought to determine whether socioeconomic inequalities in the prevalence of non...

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Autores principales: Vellakkal, Sukumar, Millett, Christopher, Basu, Sanjay, Khan, Zaky, Aitsi-Selmi, Amina, Stuckler, David, Ebrahim, Shah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2015
Materias:
Health Inequalities
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4345525/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25550454
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2014-204621

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