Limitations of a biomedical model to explain socioeconomic disparities in mortality of rheumatic and cardiovascular diseases

B. Abelson¹, A. Rupel¹, T. Pincus²

¹Division of Rheumatology, NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York; ²Clinical Professor of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, and Director of Outcomes Research, NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, USA.

Key words

Biomedical model, biopsychosocial model, disparities, education, mortality, socioeconomic status.

Please address correspondence to: Theodore Pincus, MD, Division of Rheumatology NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, 301 East 17th Street, Room 1608, New York, NY 10003, USA.

E-mail: tedpincus@gmail.com

Clin Exp Rheumatol 2008; 26 (Suppl. 51): S-25-S-34