Increasing socio-economic inequalities in life expectancy and QALYs in Sweden 1980-1997

Health Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 831-850

  Burström, Kristina ^a   Johannesson, Magnus ^b   Diderichsen, Finn ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

General population; Inequalities in health; Life expectancy; QALYs; Socio economic groups

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 23244460360     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.977     Document Type: Article

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