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Income-related inequality in life-years and quality-adjusted life-years

Gerdtham, Ulf G. LU orcid and Johannesson, Magnus LU (2000) In Journal of Health Economics 19(6). p.1007-1026
Abstract

We estimate the income-related inequality in Sweden with respect to life-years and quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs). We use a large data set from Sweden with over 40,000 individuals followed up for 10-16 years, to estimate the survival and quality-adjusted survival in different income groups. For both life-years and QALYs, we discover inequalities in health favouring the higher income groups. For men (women) in the youngest age-group (20-29 years), the number of QALYs is 43.7 (45.7) in the lowest income decile and 47.2 (49.0) in the highest income decile. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V.

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Health inequality, Income, Mortality, QALYs
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Journal of Health Economics
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Elsevier
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10.1016/S0167-6296(00)00055-2
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