Does income-related health inequality change as the population ages? Evidence from swedish panel data

Health Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 334-349

  Islam, M Kamrul ^a   Gerdtham, Ulf G ^b,c   Clarke, Philip ^d   Burströ, Kristina ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aging; Concentration index; Decomposition; Health inequality; Panel data

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION INDEX; DETERIORATION; EVALUATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HYPOTHESIS; INCOME; PARAMETER; PENSIONER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76149089093     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1479     Document Type: Article

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