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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... Outcome and Equity Research PO Box 220 00531 Helsinki Finland Anton E. Kunst Erasmus University Rotterdam Department of Public Health Eero Lahelma Department of Public Health P.O. Box 41 00014 University of Helsinki Finland Thierry Lang ...
... Outcome and Equity Research PO Box 220 00531 Helsinki Finland Teresa Spadea Servizio di Epidemiologia Regione Piemonte - ASL 5 Via Sabaudia, 164 10095 - Grugliasco (TO) Italy Karien Stronks Academic Medical Center Department of Social ...
... outcome of all those effects and processes on health. Socioeconomic inequalities in morbidity and mortality in Europe Before we present some summary data on socioeconomic inequalities in health, it is useful to look at some general ...
... outcome measure, similar findings have been reported. Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality of considerable magnitude are found in all countries with available data. For example, the excess risk of premature mortality among middle ...
... outcomes, where risk factors such as smoking, high serum cholesterol and high blood pressure explain less than half of the socioeconomic gradient in mortality (56, 66, 67). Together with the observation that inequalities in health have ...
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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