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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... cent confidence intervals plotted against deprivation index, by gender and age band 231 16.1 Comparison of age-specific mortality between population groups with university and primary education (Lithuania) 241 16.2 Proportion of daily ...
... Netherlands by educational level, 16 years and older, Central Bureau of Statistics Health Interview Survey, 1995, adjusted for age and sex 250 18.1 Smoking cessation. Age-standardized quit ratios (and 95 per cent List of figures.
... cent confidence intervals) by sex and educational level in Spain, 1987-97 265 19.1 Odds ratios for socioeconomic inequalities in morbidity in Sweden (men and women 25-64 years) 276 20.1 Health impacts on different population groups ...
... cent for women and 9 per cent for men (Figure 1 .2). Unemployment rates for women were particularly high in Spain, Italy and Greece, and for men in Spain, Finland and France. In general, gross domestic product was higher in countries in ...
... cent, bottom 20 per cent, etc.) to cumulative share of the total income received by them. d Source: Statistics Finland, Income Distribution Survey 1994. e Source: Jansson K. Inkomstfordelningen under 1990-talet (Income distribution in ...
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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