House 2015

Question 1

research question

Answer 1

how do socioeconomic disparities affect impact health outcomes over the life course in the US?

Question 2

method/data

Answer 2

longitudinal data from Americans’ Changing Lives study -> tracked functional limitations, mortality, and psychosocial risk factors across education and income levels

Question 3

main finding

Answer 3

lower socioeconomic status correlates with higher functional limitations and poorer health outcomes -> lower education and income contribute to these health outcomes

US spends more on healthcare but ranks worse in health outcomes -> inequalities and over reliance on biomedical interventions

Question 4

relevance to health and illness

Answer 4

calls to shift focus from supply side (healthcare access) to demand side policies (social determinants) to improve outcomes and reduce costs