Inequalities in health by social class dimensions in European countries of different political traditions

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1095-1105

  Espelt, Albert ^a,b   Borrell, Carme ^a,c,d   Rodríguez Sanz, Maica ^a,c   Muntaner, Carles ^e   Pasarín, M Isabel ^a,c,d   Benach, Joan ^c,d   Schaap, Maartje ^f   Kunst, Anton E ^f   Navarro, Vicente ^d,g  

^a AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Consorci de Serveis Socials de Barcelona ^*  (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inequalities in health; Politics; Self perceived health

Indexed keywords

CLASS; EQUITY; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; MODELING; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; EDUCATION; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERMANY; GREECE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RETIREMENT; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SPAIN; SWEDEN;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICAL SYSTEMS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL WELFARE; STATE MEDICINE;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 49649103981     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyn051     Document Type: Article

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