Socioeconomic equity in amenable mortality in Finland 1992-2008

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 905-913

  Lumme, Sonja ^a   Sund, Reijo ^a   Leyland, Alastair H ^b   Keskimäki, Ilmo ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amenable mortality; Decomposing technique; Finland; Health services; Inequity indices; Register data; Socioeconomic equity

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MORTALITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SERVICE PROVISION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TREND ANALYSIS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEATH CERTIFICATE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREND STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REGISTRIES;

FINLAND;

EID: 84862769701     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.04.007     Document Type: Article

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