Comparison of health policy documents of European cities: Are they oriented to reduce inequalities in health

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 100-120

  Borrell, Carme ^a,b,c   Morrison, Joana ^a,b,c   Burstrom, Bo ^d   Pons Vigués, Mariona ^a,c,e,f   Hoffmann, Rasmus ^g   Gandarillas, Ana ^h   Martikainen, Pekka ⁱ   Domínguez Berjón, M Felicitas ^e   Tarkiainen, Lasse ⁱ   Díez, Èlia ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE SANT PAU IIB SANT PAU   (Spain)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e INSTITUT UNIVERSITARI D'INVESTIGACIÓ EN ATENCIÓ PRIMÀRIA JORDI GOL   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^g ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h Servicio de Informes de Salud y Estudios Subdirección General de Epidemiología Dirección General de Salud Pública Consejería de Sanidad Madrid España   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

cities; Europe; health policy; socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENGLAND; FINLAND; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SPAIN; SWEDEN;

FINLAND; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; LONDON; NETHERLANDS; SPAIN; SWEDEN;

EID: 84873955929     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: 1745655X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jphp.2012.57     Document Type: Article

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