Income-related inequalities in health: Some international comparisons

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 93-112

  Van Doorslaer, Eddy ^a   Wagstaff, Adam ^b   Bleichrodt, Han ^a   Calonge, Samuel ^c   Gerdtham, Ulf G ^d   Gerfin, Michael ^e   Geurts, José ^f   Gross, Lorna ^g   Häkkinen, Unto ^h   Leu, Robert ^e   O'Donnell, Owen ⁱ   Propper, Carol ^j   Puffer, Frank ^k   Rodríguez, Marisol ^c   Sundberg, Gun ^l   Winkelhake, Olaf ^m  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^f STATISTICS NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^g WORCESTER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^k CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^m INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Health inequality; International comparisons

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; INCOME; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDIZATION;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL JUSTICE;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH IMPACT; INCOME INEQUALITY; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; SELF-ASSESSED HEALTH;

EID: 0030619301     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6296(96)00532-2     Document Type: Article

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