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Descriptor English: Health Status Disparities
Descriptor Spanish: Disparidades en el Estado de Salud
Descriptor disparidades poblacionales del estado de salud
Entry term(s) desigualdad de la salud
desigualdad en la salud
desigualdades de la salud
desigualdades en el estado de salud
desigualdades en la salud
desigualdades socioespaciales en salud
disparidades en el estado de salud
salud y desigualdad
variaciones del estado de salud de una población
índice de disimilitud
Scope note: Variación en las tasas de morbilidad y discapacidades entre grupos de población definidos por diversos factores tales como las características socioeconómicas (véase DISPARIDADES SOCIOECONÓMICAS EN LA SALUD), la edad, la etnia, los recursos económicos o el sexo, y poblaciones identificadas geográficamente o por medidas similares.
Descriptor Portuguese: Disparidades nos Níveis de Saúde
Descriptor French: Disparités de l'état de santé
Entry term(s): Disparities, Health Status
Disparity, Health Status
Dissimilarity Index
Health Status Disparity
Status Disparity, Health
Tree number(s): I01.240.425.513.500
N01.224.425.394.500
N06.850.505.400.425.675
SP2.070.315
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D054624
Scope note: Variation in rates of disease occurrence and disabilities between population groups defined by various factors including socioeconomic characteristics (see SOCIOECONOMIC DISPARITIES IN HEALTH), age, ethnicity, economic resources, or gender and populations identified geographically or similar measures.
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
Public MeSH Note: 2008
History Note: 2008
DeCS ID: 50231
Unique ID: D054624
NLM Classification: WA 300
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2008/01/01
Date of Entry: 2007/07/09
Revision Date: 2013/07/08
Health Status Disparities - Preferred
Concept UI M0506386
Scope note Variation in rates of disease occurrence and disabilities between population groups defined by various factors including socioeconomic characteristics (see SOCIOECONOMIC DISPARITIES IN HEALTH), age, ethnicity, economic resources, or gender and populations identified geographically or similar measures.
Preferred term Health Status Disparities
Entry term(s) Disparities, Health Status
Disparity, Health Status
Health Status Disparity
Status Disparity, Health
Dissimilarity Index - Broader
Concept UI FD00062203
Scope note The proportion of total health that would need to be transferred from individuals whose health is above average to those whose health is below average, to achieve a situation of total equality. (Modified from: https://jech.bmj.com/content/jech/58/10/858.full.pdf)
Preferred term Dissimilarity Index



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