Gradient of Disability across the Socioeconomic Spectrum in the United States
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- 17 August 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in The New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 355 (7), 695-703
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmsa044316
Abstract
Although the relationship between extreme poverty and poor health among older adults has long been recognized, less attention has been devoted to investigating whether a gradient in disability exists in the United States among persons with middle-class and upper-class incomes. We attempted to determine whether a gradient in functional limitation exists across the full spectrum of income among persons 55 years of age or older.This publication has 20 references indexed in Scilit:
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