Educational inequalities in health in European welfare states: A social expenditure approach

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 81, Issue , 2013, Pages 60-69

  Dahl, Espen ^a   van der Wel, Kjetil A ^a  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Education; Europe; Health inequalities; Multilevel analysis; Social inequalities; Social spending; Welfare generosity; Welfare state

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EQUITY; HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC SPENDING; WELFARE PROVISION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD WELFARE; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPEAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL WELFARE;

EUROPE;

EID: 84874309316     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.12.010     Document Type: Article

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