The contribution of health policy and care to income differences in life expectancy - A register based cohort study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Manderbacka, Kristiina ^a   Peltonen, Riina ^b   Lumme, Sonja ^a   Keskimäki, Ilmo ^a,c   Tarkiainen, Lasse ^b   Martikainen, Pekka ^b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Amenable mortality; Equity research; Life expectancy; Mortality; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84883533887     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-812     Document Type: Article

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