Socioeconomic inequality in health in older adults in Brazil.

Objective: This study analyzed socioeconomic inequality in self-rated health for older adults (aged fifty or over) in Brazil.

Methods: Data from the 2015-2016 Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-Brazil). Socioeconomic inequality in self-rated health was measured using the concentration index, which was decomposed to analyze the contribution of different factors.