Explaining health marginalisation of the lower educated: The role of cross-national variations in health expenditure and labour market conditions

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 591-607

  Gesthuizen, Maurice ^a   Huijts, Tim ^a   Kraaykamp, Gerbert ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Educational attainment; Health expenditure; Health inequalities; Labour market conditions; Multilevel analysis

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARD;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84860497415     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2011.01390.x     Document Type: Article

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