Income Inequality, Household Income, and Health Status in Canada: A Prospective Cohort Study
Christopher B. McLeod, MA,
John N. Lavis, MD, PhD,
Cameron A. Mustard, ScD and
Greg L. Stoddart, PhD
Christopher B. McLeod, John N. Lavis, and Cameron A. Mustard are with the Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Christopher B. McLeod is also with the Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. John N. Lavis is also with the Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis and the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, and the Population Health Program, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Toronto. Cameron A. Mustard is also with the Population Health Program, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, and the Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto. Greg L. Stoddart is with the Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis and the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, and the Population Health Program, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research.
FIGURE 1—Predicted probabilities of various self-reported health states for 5 household income categories, adjusted for all potential confounders: Canada, 1998.
FIGURE 2—Predicted probabilities of various self-reported health states for 4 income inequality and household income combinations, adjusted for all potential confounders: Canada, 1998.