Income-related children’s health inequality and health achievement in China

• DOI: 10.1186/s12939-014-0102-6
• Publication Date: 2014-10-28T13:01:23Z
• Authors: Lu Chen; Ya Wu; Peter C Coyte
• Keywords: China; Adolescent; jel:D63; Gross Domestic Product; Health Services Accessibility; 03 medical and health sciences; Humans; Body Weights and Measures; Child; 10. No inequality; Schools; Health Policy; Research; 4. Education; Urbanization; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Infant, Newborn; 1. No poverty; Infant; Health Status Disparities; child health inequality, concentration index, health achievement; Nutrition Surveys; 3. Good health; jel:I14; jel:J13; Child, Preschool; Income; Health Expenditures; 0305 other medical science

This study assessed income-related health inequality and achievement in children China, additionally, examined province-level variations achievement. Longitudinal data on 19,801 under 18 years of age were derived from the China Health Nutrition Survey. Income-related measured by Concentration Achievement Indices, respectively. Panel with a fixed effect multiple regression model was employed to examine A growing trend towards greater among Chinese over last two decades. Although getting better time, pro-rich component has lessened associated gain positively impacted middle school enrollments, urbanization rate, inflation-adjusted per capita gross domestic product, public spending. provided evidence that average status improved, but widened. Widening slowed growth for time. There wide throughout China.