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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... effects attached to a given socioeconomic position can be understood, however, only when they are analysed together with the biological, mental and behavioural characteristics of the individual who occupies it. The allocation of ...
... effects are P90/P10: 2.4 and Gini coefficient: 0.208. Source: Eurostat 1998 (97) Substantial inequalities in health were found in all countries participating in this study, from Spain to Finland and from Great Britain to Italy ...
... effect of egalitarian social and healthcare policies in this 'universalist' welfare state (31). Mortality data permit a classification by cause of death, which may help in exploring possible explanations of inequalities in mortality. An ...
... effects of health-related selection. Income-related health inequalities are likely to be more affected, and education ... effect of socioeconomic status on health is likely to be mainly indirect, through a number of more specific health ...
... effects of income inequality has focused on the aggregate relationship between the extent of income inequality in a population and its average mortality level or life expectancy (61-63). This has shown that after accounting for ...
Contents
3 | |
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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