Health Inequities

Preferred Label : Health Inequities;

MeSH definition : Differences in health status or in the distribution of health resources between different population groups, arising from the social conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age.(https://www.who.int/news-room/facts-in-pictures/detail/health-inequities-and-their-causes#: :text Health%20inequities%20are%20differences%20in,right%20mix%20of%20government%20policies.); Differences in health status and in the distribution of health resources between different population groups, arising from the social conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age (https://www.who.int/news-room/facts-in-pictures/detail/health-inequities-and-their-causes#: :text Health%20inequities%20are%20differences%20in,right%20mix%20of%20government%20policies.);

MeSH synonym : Health Inequity; Inequity, Health; Health Inequalities; Health Inequality; Inequality, Health;

CISMeF synonym : Inequities, Health; Inequalities, Health;

Related MeSH term : Disparity, Health; Health Disparity;

MeSH annotation : coordinate with SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH;

Details

Origin ID

D000091682;

UMLS CUI

C5544540;

Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Health Inequalities [DeCS]
- Inequalities in health [HPMULTI term]
Record concept(s)
- Health Disparities [MeSH concept]
- Health Inequities [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Qualitative Concept [UMLS semantic type]

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