Ulf Gerdtham
Professor
Income-related inequalities in health : Some international comparisons
Författare
Summary, in English
This paper presents evidence on income-related inequalities in self- assessed health in nine industrialized countries. Health interview survey data were used to construct concentration curves of self-assessed health, measured as a latent variable. Inequalities in health favoured the higher income groups and were statistically significant in all countries. Inequalities were particularly high in the United States and the United Kingdom. Amongst other European countries, Sweden, Finland and the former East Germany had the lowest inequality. Across countries, a strong association was found between inequalities in health and inequalities in income.
Publiceringsår
1997-02-01
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
93-112
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Journal of Health Economics
Volym
16
Issue
1
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Elsevier
Ämne
- Economics
- Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology
Nyckelord
- Health inequality
- International comparisons
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0167-6296