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Ulf Gerdtham. Foto.

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Income-related inequalities in health : Some international comparisons

Författare

  • Eddy Van Doorslaer
  • Adam Wagstaff
  • Han Bleichrodt
  • Samuel Calonge
  • Ulf G. Gerdtham
  • Michael Gerfin
  • José Geurts
  • Lorna Gross
  • Unto Häkkinen
  • Robert E. Leu
  • Owen O'Donnell
  • Carol Propper
  • Frank Puffer
  • Marisol Rodríguez
  • Gun Sundberg
  • Olaf Winkelhake
Visa allt

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