Delayed and differential effects of the economic crisis in Sweden in the 1990s on health-related exclusion from the labour market: A health equity assessment

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2431-2436

  Burstrom B ^a   Nylen L ^a   Barr, B ^b   Clayton, S ^b   Holland, P ^c   Whitehead, M ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Differential consequences; Economic crisis; Health inequalities; Sweden

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; LABOR MARKET; OECD; PENSION SYSTEM; POLICY ANALYSIS; PUBLIC SPENDING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; BUDGET; CRISIS THEORY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATA COLLECTION; DISABLED PERSONS; ECONOMIC RECESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL CLASS; SWEDEN; UNEMPLOYMENT;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84869489542     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.09.022     Document Type: Article

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