The impact of increasing income inequalities on educational inequalities in mortality - An analysis of six European countries

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Hoffmann, Rasmus ^a   Hu, Yannan ^a   De Gelder, Rianne ^a   Menvielle, Gwenn ^b   Bopp, Matthias ^c   Mackenbach, Johan P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Europe; Fixed effects; Health inequality; Income inequality; International comparison; Longitudinal analysis; Mortality

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ACCIDENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; EDUCATION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLOVENIA; SUICIDE; SWITZERLAND; VIOLENCE; WALES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; HEALTH DISPARITY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRENDS;

EUROPE;

ADULT; AGED; BELGIUM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DENMARK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENGLAND; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONS; SLOVENIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWITZERLAND; WALES;

EID: 84977610612     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-016-0390-0     Document Type: Article

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