Income-related inequalities in health : Some international comparisons
(1997) In Journal of Health Economics 16(1). p.93-112- Abstract
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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- publishing date
- 1997-02-01
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- Contribution to journal
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- published
- subject
- keywords
- Health inequality, International comparisons
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- Journal of Health Economics
- volume
- 16
- issue
- 1
- pages
- 20 pages
- publisher
- Elsevier
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- pmid:10167346
- scopus:0030619301
- ISSN
- 0167-6296
- DOI
- 10.1016/S0167-6296(96)00532-2
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- English
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