Health inequalities by education, income and wealth: a comparison of 11 European countries and the US
- 2 April 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Applied Economics Letters
- Vol. 17 (1) , 87-91
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13504850701719835
Abstract
I compare education-, income- and wealth-related health inequality using data from 11 European countries and the US. The health distributions in the US, England and France are relatively unequal independent of the stratifying variable, while Switzerland or Austria always have relatively equal distributions. Some countries such as Italy dramatically change ranks depending on the stratifying variable.Keywords
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