http://hdl.handle.net/1765/11021
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0167-6296(96)00532-2
scopus: cited 237 times
web of science: cited 212 times
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0167-6296(96)00532-2
scopus: cited 237 times
web of science: cited 212 times
Income-related inequalities in health: some international comparisons
February 1997
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volume 16, issue 1 pp 93-112.
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This paper presents evidence on income-related inequalities in self-assessed health in nine industrialized countries. Health interview survey data were used to construct concentration curves of self-assessed health, measured as a latent variable. Inequalities in health favoured the higher income groups and were statistically significant in all countries. Inequalities were particularly high in the United States and the United Kingdom. Amongst other European countries, Sweden, Finland and the former East Germany had the lowest inequality. Across countries, a strong association was found between inequalities in health and inequalities in income.
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Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) Classification System
- I12 : Health Production: Nutrition, Mortality, Morbidity, Substance Abuse and Addiction, Disability, and Economic Behavior
- I10 : Health: General
- D31 : Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
- D30 : Distribution: General
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