What is missing from how we measure and understand the experience of poverty and deprivation in population health analyses?

Background: Explaining why some populations are healthier than others is a core task of epidemiology. Socioeconomic position (SEP), encompassing a broad range of exposures relating to economic circumstances, social class and deprivation, is an important explanation, but lacks a comprehensive framework for understanding the range of relevant exposures it encompasses.

Methods: We reviewed existing literature on experiential accounts of poverty through database searching and the identification of relevant material by experts.