CRIM 2653 Lecture Notes - Lecture 53: Human Capital, Academic Authorship, Universal Health Care
23 May 2020
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Why universal medical care only goes so far. Those with the highest household incomes in canada are two and a half times more likely to report excellent or very good health than those with the lowest incomes. It is often thought that inequities in income are translated into health disparities through inequities in material conditions. These material conditions may include basic material needs such as nutrition, lack of protection against climate and housing. Others emphasize that health disparities come about due to the differential distribution of behavioural factors among socio-economic groups. Behavioural factors account for about one half of premature mortality, and almost all vary by socioeconomic status. At the aggregate level, as with individual income inequities, a number of suggested pathways toward health disparities have been developed. First, it has been suggested that aggreagate income inequity is linked to health disparities through lack of investment in human capital.
