Money Matters: Income and Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease in South Korea

There is little debate that socioeconomic factors such as income, education, and employment play fundamental roles in determining health outcomes, and their inequitable distribution is a root cause of health and health care disparities. Lower income is associated with a higher risk of all-cause mortality as compared with higher income,1 and the burden of numerous health conditions has been noted in many settings to be greater in persons with low socioeconomic status (SES).

Source: Mayo Clinic Proceedings - January 31, 2020 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Kaushik Parvathaneni, Deidra C. Crews Tags: Editorial Source Type: research