Lei, Xiaoyan; Yin, Nina; Zhao, Yaohui - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
, and these may exhibit SES gradients and exacerbate social inequality. Using hypertension as an example and data from China … and education gradients in the prevalence of hypertension. However, there are strong education gradients in diagnosis and … treatment in urban areas. The income gradients in all aspects of hypertension are relatively weak and sometimes nonexistent …