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Socioeconomic Indicators That Matter For Population Health, Paula M. Lantz, Andrew Pritchard
Socioeconomic Indicators That Matter For Population Health, Paula M. Lantz, Andrew Pritchard
Health Policy and Management Faculty Publications
Increasing research and policy attention is being given to how the socioeconomic environment influences health. This article discusses potential indicators or metrics regarding the socioeconomic environment that could play a role in an incentive-based system for population health. Given the state of the research regarding the influence of socioeconomic contextual variables on health outcomes, the state of data and metrics for these variables at the local level, and the potential for program and policy intervention, we recommend a set of metrics related to the socioeconomic composition of a community (including poverty, unemployment, and public assistance rates); educational attainment and achievement; …