An institutional theory of welfare state effects on the distribution of population health

Social Theory and Health

Volumn 13, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 227-244

  Beckfield, Jason ^a   Bambra, Clare ^b   Eikemo, Terje A ^c   Huijts, Tim ^d   Mcnamara, Courtney ^c   Wendt, Claus ^e  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Europe; health inequality; public health; social determinants; social policy; spatial

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939503002     PISSN: 14778211     EISSN: 1477822X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/sth.2015.19     Document Type: Article

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