The differential impact of the financial crisis on health in Ireland and Greece: A quasi-experimental approach

Public Health

Volumn 128, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 911-919

  Hessel, P ^a   Vandoros, S ^a,b   Avendano, M ^a,c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Crisis; Economics; Health policy; Public health; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL CRISIS; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IRELAND; MALE; POLAND; PREVALENCE; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SELF REPORT; TREND STUDY; URBANIZATION; ADOLESCENT; AGED; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

GREECE; IRELAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ECONOMIC RECESSION; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922392433     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2014.08.004     Document Type: Article

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