Income-related inequalities in health: Some international comparisons

被引：380

作者：

vanDoorslaer, E

Wagstaff, A

Bleichrodt, H

Calonge, S

Gerdtham, UG

Gerfin, M

Geurts, J

Gross, L

Hakkinen, U

Leu, RE

ODonnell, O

Propper, C

Puffer, F

Rodriguez, M

Sundberg, G

Winkelhake, O

机构：

[1] UNIV SUSSEX, SCH SOCIAL SCI, BRIGHTON BN1 9QN, E SUSSEX, ENGLAND

[2] ERASMUS UNIV ROTTERDAM, DEPT HLTH POLICY & MANAGEMENT, NL-3000 DR ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS

[3] UNIV BARCELONA, DEPT ECON POLICY, BARCELONA 08034, SPAIN

[4] STOCKHOLM SCH ECON, CTR HLTH ECON, S-11383 STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN

[5] UNIV BERN, DEPT ECON, CH-3012 BERN, SWITZERLAND

[6] WORCESTER STATE COLL, DEPT ECON, WORCESTER, MA USA

[7] NATL RES & DEV CTR WELF & HLTH, HELSINKI 00531, FINLAND

[8] UNIV KENT, DEPT ECON, CANTERBURY CT2 7PN, KENT, ENGLAND

[9] UNIV BRISTOL, DEPT ECON, BRISTOL BS8 1TH, AVON, ENGLAND

[10] CLARK UNIV, DEPT ECON, WORCESTER, MA 01610 USA

[11] UNIV UPPSALA, DEPT ECON, S-75120 UPPSALA, SWEDEN

[12] GSF MEDIS, D-8575 OBERSCHLEISSHEIM, GERMANY

[13] STAT NETHERLANDS, NL-6401 CZ HEERLEN, NETHERLANDS

来源：

JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS | 1997年 / 16卷 / 01期

关键词：

health inequality; international comparisons;

D O I：

10.1016/S0167-6296(96)00532-2

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

This paper presents evidence on income-related inequalities in self-assessed health in nine industrialized countries. Health interview survey data were used to construct concentration curves of self-assessed health, measured as a latent variable. Inequalities in health favoured the higher income groups and were statistically significant in all countries. Inequalities were particularly high in the United States and the United Kingdom. Amongst other European countries, Sweden, Finland and the former East Germany had the lowest inequality. Across countries, a strong association was found between inequalities in health and inequalities in income. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.

引用

页码：93 / 112

页数：20

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