Comments on: Income Inequality and Health Outcomes

By: Chandler

Chandler — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 19:12:30 +0000

Its sad that so many of our decisions are financial ones. We have to weigh everything and its importance by how much it costs. Health is unfortunately included in this.

By: April

April — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:05:26 +0000

Being stress about the economy and over your income is a sign of depression. Being concerned with your living conditions is reasonable but being stressed about it, leads to frustration and depression. Life is a challenge that we all face. How we solve our problems and issues without being affected by it, can be mind boggling and confusing. Everything should have a balance. If you allow your mind to worry, then that will be your first problem that needs to be resolved right away. The rest will just follow. Positive thinking gives positive results and gives the body an over-all well being of good self-esteem and inspiration. Personally I always make it a point to smile and laugh at my troubles but at the same time, use this as a motivation to improve myself in times of adversity. My secret formula in life is smile, work hard, never lose hope and pray always…. for better days to come, for ….. “this too shall come to pass!”

By: Bill White

Bill White — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 17:51:51 +0000

I enjoyed your comments April. Yes, tough times are very difficult; but if worry re your circumstances becomes obsessive, then that dynamic is what needs to get handled first. And you’re right, “this too shall come to pass.”

By: Karen

Karen — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:38:08 +0000

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By: Bill White

Bill White — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:32:19 +0000

I work psych emergency in the ER, handling primarily Medicaid and self-pay cases. Not only is it staggering to see the disparity in immediate care between these patients and those in a higher socioeconomic class, but the difference in follow up resources is equally as disturbing.

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Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:04:42 +0000

[...] Income inequality and health outcomes. Jennifer Gibson of Brain Blogger looks at a new meta analysis suggesting that income inequality may lead to 1.5 million preventable deaths annually in developed nations. [...]

By: namrata shinde

namrata shinde — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:48:07 +0000

Well, that was about developed countries. What about developing countries? Can anyone dare to calculate the Gini coefficient here? It must be horrible. There is huge difference between well equipped private hospitals and 18th century govt. hospitals here… same as in slums and palaces. You get well shaped gym joining high class people, health ignorant overeating middle class fat people and poor people dying due to starvation… all in one country. If such a drastic situation, finding a solution is very difficult.

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By: Peg1

Peg1 — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 02:19:51 +0000

” for the first time in history, it’s the poor people who are getting fat.”

that’s because the cheap, overly-processed food is high in fat and calories

By: Andrew Nuttall

Andrew Nuttall — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:22:33 +0000

The information presented in this article is very good, but I think that it is a gross oversimplification to tie economics to health in this way. For example, the obesity statistics in the United States are very strange: for the first time in history, it’s the poor people who are getting fat. It seems that economic factors are relevant, but the overall picture would be explained much better in terms of the distribution of survival skills. While the ability to obtain financial well-being represents one set of survival skills, the ability to choose your food wisely is another. Still another would be the skills to avoid disease and toxins in the environment, and another would be mate selection. All of these factors have been shown to impact people’s health, and must all be taken into account if we are to find a solution.