## Abstract This paper provides new evidence on the sources of differences in the degree of incomeβrelated inequalities in selfβassessed health in 13 European Union member states. It goes beyond earlier work by measuring health using an interval regression approach to compute concentration indices
Income-related inequality in the distribution of obesity among Europeans
β Scribed by Agelike Nikolaou; Dimitrios Nikolaou
- Book ID
- 106328513
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 190 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1741-3842
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Europe has a long history of developing social protection systems which are rooted in the egalitarian tradition. Health care is no exception and most European Union member states have long achieved fairly universal coverage for their populations for a rather comprehensive package of health care serv
## BACKGROUND Previous research has shown a socioeconomic status (SES) gradient in the receipt of cardiac services following acute myocardial infarction (AMI), but much less is known about SES and the use of secondary preventive medicines following AMI. ## OBJECTIVES To examine the role of income