Life Expectancy Changes for Each Subway Station: Taking Social Determinants of Health Seriously More Than Ever

Life Expectancy Changes for Each Subway Station: Taking Social Determinants of Health Seriously More Than Ever Reza Esmaeili 1* 1Assistance Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, School of Medicine, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran Abstract Nowadays, health inequalities are emerging at short geographic distances, even among the districts of a city in developed and developing countries. In response to these conditions, it is important to study the role of socioeconomic structures and factors in the incidence and distribution of health outcomes. In a five-level framework, the knowledge network of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health clarifies the mechanism of the effect of social determinants on the creation of differences and inequalities in the health of different population groups. The present paper examines the evidence of health inequalities at international and regional levels and explains its reasons. Keywords: Health Inequality; Health Equity; Social Determinants of Health; Life Expectancy   Please cite this article as follows: Esmaeili R. Life Expectancy Changes for Each Subway Station: Taking Social Determinants of Health Seriously More Than Ever. Hakim Health Sys Res. 2019; 22(4): 258-260.     *Corresponding Author: Assistance Professor, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Imam Khomeini St., Gonabad, Khorasan Razavi, Iran. Tel: +98-57223028, Fax: +98-57227114, Email: [email protected]