Reducing Inequalities in Health: A European PerspectiveMartijntje Bakker, Johan Mackenbach Routledge, 2003 M09 2 - 384 pages Socio-economic inequalities in health are present to a greater or lesser extent in all European countries and the available data suggests that the health gap is increasing. Many studies have been conducted to explain inequalities in health and from them much has been learnt about the different contributory factors. However, in practice it seems hard to translate the knowledge of causes into effective interventions and policies. Reducing Inequalities in Health: a European Perspective: |
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A European Perspective Martijntje Bakker, Johan Mackenbach. Reducing. Inequalities. in. Health: A. European. Perspective. Socio-economic inequalities in health are present to a greater or lesser extent in all European countries and the ...
... European Network on Interventions and Policies to Reduce Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health. At the beginning ... countries and some non-European countries (New Zealand, United States). The Network has two purposes: • to exchange the ...
... country reports provide the opportunity to compare how different countries within Europe deal with socioeconomic inequalities in health at the research and policy level. Countries are selected to cover both the north and south of Europe ...
... European countries are faced with substantial socioeconomic inequalities in health, and it is the purpose of this chapter to briefly review the empirical evidence from around Europe. Such evidence relates to both the size and the nature ...
A European Perspective Martijntje Bakker, Johan Mackenbach. Figure 1.1 Life ... countries in the north and the south with regard to life expectancy. Life ... countries in the north of Europe than in those in the south (Figure 1.3) ...
Contents
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Strategies to reduce socioeconomic inequalities in health | 25 |
PART II | 46 |
The example of Finland | 67 |
Workrelated policies and interventions | 85 |
Food and nutrition policies and interventions | 104 |
Smoking policies | 125 |
Children an important target group for the reduction | 144 |
England | 201 |
France | 214 |
Italy | 229 |
The Netherlands | 249 |
Spain | 262 |
An approach to promote intersectoral | 287 |
New approaches to evaluating complex | 300 |
Gender perspective on socioeconomic inequalities in health | 315 |
Equality of access to healthcare | 169 |
Patient cost sharing and access to healthcare | 188 |
Key messages for policymakers | 338 |
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