Health and income inequality: a comparative analysis of usa and italy

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• What: The authors show that the income class determines the incidence of chronic pathologies, associated risk-factors and psychiatric conditions, but find striking differences in health inequality between the two countries. The authors compare health inequalities in two developed countries, USA and Italy, that display important differences in terms of lifestyle and access to healthcare. The analysis shows very clearly that the incidence of this pathology is not equally distributed throughout the population: the persisters are significantly more affected than the rest of the population. The main reasons of this kind of association is due by the . . .
  

   

  

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