Wealth buys health - even in China

Monday, March 15, 2010 - 10:56 in Psychology & Sociology

Studies in the United States have long shown that rich people tend to be healthier than poor people, and that this 'health gap' between the haves and have-nots gets worse as people get older. But is that because the U.S. is a capitalist society? Apparently not. A new study from North Carolina State University shows that the same is true in China. However, there is one key difference. In China, the overall health gap across generations is getting narrower - and it's getting wider in the U.S....

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