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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... welfare and health, and organized by Ilmo Keskimaki and Kristiina Manderbacka. In 2000 the meeting was hosted by the Municipal Institute of Public Health of Barcelona and organized by Carme Borrell and Joan Benach. During these meetings ...
... welfare along several dimensions of inequality but generally have no theory of the political and economic forces generating inequality attached to them (21). Measures of socioeconomic status might therefore be better predictors of ...
... welfare state (31). Mortality data permit a classification by cause of death, which may help in exploring possible explanations of inequalities in mortality. An analysis by cause of death reveals a striking north-south pattern within ...
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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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