Background Low socioeconomic position (SEP) is recognized as a risk factor for worse
health outcomes. How socioeconomic factors influence end-of-life care, and the magnitude …

Background The association between socioeconomic position (SEP) and health is well-
established. However, the association between SEP and healthy ageing as a …

The effect of socio-economic disadvantage on mortality is well documented and differences
exist even at older ages. However, whether this translates into differences in the quality of …

Objectives: Previous studies of older European populations have established that disability
and morbidity vary with indicators of socio-economic position (SEP). We undertook a …

CONTEXT: Individuals from low socioeconomic (SE) groups have less resources and poorer
health outcomes. Understanding the nature of access to appropriate end-of-life care …

Background Few studies have examined the interactions between individual socioeconomic
position and neighbourhood deprivation and the findings so far are heterogeneous. Using a …

Background Low socioeconomic position is consistently associated with increased risk of
premature death. The aim of this study is to measure the aggregate scale of inequality in …

Background Studying where people die across countries can serve as an evidence base for
health policy on end-of-life care. This study describes the place of death of people who died …

Background That socioeconomic deprivation has shown a correlation with disease-specific
mortality in Western societies is well documented. However, it is unclear whether these …

Socioeconomic adversity is among the foremost fundamental causes of human suffering,
and this is no less true in old age. Recent reports on socioeconomic inequalities in mortality …