Trends in poverty risks among people with and without limiting-longstanding illness by employment status in Sweden, Denmark, and the United Kingdom during the current economic recession - A comparative study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Falk, Johanna ^a   Bruce, Daniel ^a   Burström, Bo ^a   Thielen, Karsten ^b   Whitehead, Margaret ^a,c   Nylén, Lotta ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employment; Limiting longstanding illness; Poverty risks; Welfare state

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POLICY; POVERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84885411750     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-925     Document Type: Article

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