Health and Income Equity
F. Criticisms of the income inequality / health relationship

Sutton GC. Mortality and distribution of income. Widening income inequalities cause poorer health [letter; comment]. BMJ 1998;316(7144):1612.

Sutton feels that Gravelle has revealed the causal mechanisms of the relationship through his arguments. He draws examples from the privatisation of the water industry, and suggests similar examples from other enterprises. 

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