Family policy and inequalities in health in different welfare states

International Journal of Health Services

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 233-253

  Fosse, Elisabeth ^a   Bull, Torill ^a   Burström, Bo ^b   Fritzell, Sara ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DATA SET; HEALTH CARE; POLICY MAKING; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL POLICY; STATE ROLE; WELFARE REFORM;

EUROPE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMICS; FAMILY HEALTH; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; INCOME; INSURANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLICY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLOVENIA; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FAMILY HEALTH; FORECASTING; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INCOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PUBLIC POLICY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLOVENIA; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 84899578006     PISSN: 00207314     EISSN: 15414469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/HS.44.2.c     Document Type: Article

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