Date of Award

1-1-2012

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

College/School/Department

Department of Economics

Content Description

1 online resource (ix, 135 pages) : illustrations.

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Kajal Lahiri

Committee Members

Diane M Dewar

Keywords

chronic illness, health disparities, income-related health inequalities, mortality, Mortality and race, Health and race, Poor, Health literacy, Health services accessibility, Chronic diseases, Income, Elderly poor

Subject Categories

Economics

Abstract

This dissertation examines health disparities related to race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status among the U.S. elderly taking into account empirical challenges including: (1) self-selection and unobserved factors; (2) subjective and objective measures of disease; and (3) attrition bias.

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