The browser you are using is not supported by this website. All versions of Internet Explorer are no longer supported, either by us or Microsoft (read more here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/windows/end-of-ie-support).

Please use a modern browser to fully experience our website, such as the newest versions of Edge, Chrome, Firefox or Safari etc.

Ulf Gerdtham. Photo.

Ulf Gerdtham

Professor

Ulf Gerdtham. Photo.

Income-related inequalities in health : Some international comparisons

Author

  • 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
Show all

Summary, in English

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.

Publishing year

1997-02-01

Language

English

Pages

93-112

Publication/Series

Journal of Health Economics

Volume

16

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Economics
  • Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology

Keywords

  • Health inequality
  • International comparisons

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0167-6296