A new brief from Health Affairs reviews evidence supporting the income-health relationship and the likely mechanisms through which income affects health. The growing importance of this association is discussed, given widening income inequality, and policy levers that might help reduce income-related health disparities.
The brief can be obtained at https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hpb20180817.901935/full/HPB_2017_RWJF_05_W.pdf.