PMID: 2510844Sep 30, 1989Paper

Inequalities in health within the health sector

BMJ : British Medical Journal
R Balarajan

Abstract

Mortality among men employed in the health sector was examined using data surrounding the 1971 (1970-2) and 1981 (1979-83) censuses to assess the differences between social classes in the health service and to study changes over a decade. Relative to men in England and Wales, mortality in the 1980s was significantly lower among dentists (standardised mortality ratio 66), doctors (69), opticians (72), and physiotherapists (79) and significantly higher among hospital porters (151), male nurses (118), and ambulancemen (109). Mortality from lung cancer among hospital porters (185) was more than fivefold that seen in doctors (33) and dentists (37). Ischaemic heart disease varied twofold, being lowest in dentists (60) and doctors (70) and highest in hospital porters (138). Over the decade mortality from lung cancer and ischaemic heart disease declined in all groups except hospital porters, ambulancemen, and orderlies. Most groups showed excess deaths from suicides and cirrhosis of the liver. Differences in mortality between health workers in social class I and those in social class IV widened between the 1970s and 1980s and to a greater extent than among the general population. The high mortality of some groups within the NHS, and th...Continue Reading

References

Nov 1, 1977·Demography·E M Kitagawa
Aug 2, 1986·Lancet·M G Marmot, M E McDowall
Jun 13, 1987·British Medical Journal·R BalarajanD Machin
Jan 1, 1986·American Journal of Industrial Medicine·S ArakiM Nagasu
Jun 26, 1954·British Medical Journal·R DOLL, A B HILL

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Citations

Mar 15, 2001·The International Journal of Health Planning and Management·L GilsonM Ouendo
Jan 1, 1990·Social Science & Medicine·J Pereira
Jan 1, 1991·Social Science & Medicine·P R Phillimore, D Morris
Aug 1, 1992·Social Science & Medicine·T Rathwell
Oct 1, 1993·Social Science & Medicine·S Arber, E Lahelma
May 1, 1994·Social Science & Medicine·S Koskinen, T Martelin
Jan 6, 2001·Social Science & Medicine·J Firth-Cozens
Mar 1, 1997·Social Science & Medicine·S Macintyre
Mar 1, 1997·Social Science & Medicine·E Dahl, G E Birkelund
Mar 1, 1997·Social Science & Medicine·M MarmotN F Marks
Sep 1, 1997·Social Science & Medicine·E O'Shea
Jun 20, 2012·Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene·Imelda S WongHugh W Davies
Mar 20, 1999·Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health·R TaylorI Webster
Apr 13, 1991·BMJ : British Medical Journal·J N Morris
Feb 5, 2000·Occupational and Environmental Medicine·K A RitchieK J Murray
Jul 5, 2006·BMC Health Services Research·Tom SterudErlend Hem
Dec 9, 1993·Journal of Management in Medicine·D ForrestL Mason
Feb 16, 2013·International Dental Journal·Raghad Hashim, Khalid Al-Ali
Dec 15, 2010·Orvosi hetilap·József BetlehemAndrás Oláh
Oct 1, 1993·The Journal of the American Dental Association·I D Mandel
Oct 20, 2009·The Medical Journal of Australia·Alexandra L Markwell, Zoe Wainer

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Related Feeds

Cancer Disparities

Cancer disparities refers to differences in cancer outcomes (e.g., number of cancer cases, related health complications) across population groups.

© 2022 Meta ULC. All rights reserved