Economic costs of health inequalities in the European Union

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 412-419

  Mackenbach, Johan P ^a   Meerding, Willem J ^a   Kunst, Anton E ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EUROPEAN UNION; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC RECESSION; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POLICY; POVERTY; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POVERTY; PUBLIC POLICY; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955522300     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2010.112680     Document Type: Article

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