Changes in the Relationship Between Income and Life Expectancy Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic, California, 2015-2021
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- 7 July 2022
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 328 (4) , 360-366
Abstract
The income-health gradient—the positive correlation between income and better health—is widely documented.1-6 Less clear is whether the slope of that gradient changed in recent years, a period during which income inequality widened in the US.Keywords
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