Income-related inequalities in health: some international comparisons

Eddy Van Doorslaer; Adam Wagstaff; Han Bleichrodt; Samuel Calonge; Ulf G. Gerdtham; Michael Gerfin; José Geurts; Lorna Gross; Unto Häkkinen; Robert E. Leu; Owen O'Donnell; Carol Propper; Frank Puffer; Marisol Rodríguez; Gun Sundberg; Olaf Winkelhake

doi:10.1016/S0167-6296(96)00532-2

Income-related inequalities in health: some international comparisons

Eddy Van Doorslaer
, Adam Wagstaff
, Han Bleichrodt
, Samuel Calonge
, Ulf G. Gerdtham
, Michael Gerfin
, José Geurts
, Lorna Gross
, Unto Häkkinen
, Robert E. Leu
, Owen O'Donnell
, Carol Propper
, Frank Puffer
, Marisol Rodríguez
, Gun Sundberg
, Olaf Winkelhake

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	93-112
Number of pages	20
Journal	Journal of Health Economics
Volume	16
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-6296(96)00532-2
Publication status	Published - Feb 1997
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Health inequality
International comparisons

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Van Doorslaer, E., Wagstaff, A., Bleichrodt, H., Calonge, S., Gerdtham, U. G., Gerfin, M., Geurts, J., Gross, L., Häkkinen, U., Leu, R. E., O'Donnell, O., Propper, C., Puffer, F., Rodríguez, M., Sundberg, G., & Winkelhake, O. (1997). Income-related inequalities in health: some international comparisons. Journal of Health Economics, 16(1), 93-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-6296(96)00532-2

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