Health, wealth and ways of life: What can we learn from the Swedish, US and UK experience? Overview

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 639-642

  Curtis, Sarah ^a   Leonardi, Giovanni S ^b,c,d  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION; EXPERIENCE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; KNOWLEDGE; LIFE; LIFE COURSE; LIFESTYLE; POLICY; POPULATION HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL WELFARE; SWEDEN; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WEALTH; WELLBEING; WORKPLACE;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC RECESSION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL WELFARE; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857064012     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.12.004     Document Type: Editorial

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