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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... population statistics, which permitted the calculation of, for example, mortality rates by occupation or by city district. Since the nineteenth century the magnitude of socioeconomic inequalities in mortality has certainly declined in ...
... population arranged according to the level of equivalized income (bottom 10 per 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 ...
... population and its average mortality level or life expectancy (61-63). This has shown that after accounting for differences between populations in average income level, a wider disparity in income within a population is associated with ...
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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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