scholarly journals Child Health and Use of Health Care Services in France: Evidence on the Role of Family Income

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benedicte H. Apouey ◽  
Pierre-Yves Geoffard
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Use Of Health Care

scholarly journals Role of Maternal and Child Health Care Services on Postpartum Contraceptive Adoption in India

SAGE Open ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 215824401773351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Priyanka Dixit ◽  
Laxmi Kant Dwivedi ◽  
Amrita Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Maternal And Child Health ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Child Health Care ◽  
Care Services ◽  
And Child Health

Socioeconomic status and child health: what is the role of health care, health conditions, injuries and maternal health?

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Allin ◽  
Mark Stabile
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Maternal Health ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Health Care Use ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
And Child Health

AbstractThere is a persistent relationship between socioeconomic status and health that appears to have its roots in childhood. Not only do children in families with lower income and with mothers with lower levels of education have worse health on average than those with greater socioeconomic advantage, but also the gradient appears to steepen with age. This study contributes to the literature on the relationship between socioeconomic status and child health by testing the hypothesis that the increasing effect of family income on children's health with age relates to the children's use of health care services. It also investigates the role of specific health conditions, injuries or maternal health in explaining the steepening gradient. Drawing on a nationally representative survey from Canada, the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth from the period 1994/95–2008/09, this study provides further evidence of a steepening socioeconomic gradient in child health with age. It finds that accounting for health care use does not explain the steepening gradient and that the protective effect of income appears to be greater for those who had contact with the health system, in particular with regard to physician care and prescription drug use.

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