Ulf Gerdtham
Professor
Income-related inequality in life-years and quality-adjusted life-years
Author
Summary, in English
We estimate the income-related inequality in Sweden with respect to life-years and quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs). We use a large data set from Sweden with over 40,000 individuals followed up for 10-16 years, to estimate the survival and quality-adjusted survival in different income groups. For both life-years and QALYs, we discover inequalities in health favouring the higher income groups. For men (women) in the youngest age-group (20-29 years), the number of QALYs is 43.7 (45.7) in the lowest income decile and 47.2 (49.0) in the highest income decile. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V.
Department/s
- Department of Economics
Publishing year
2000-11-01
Language
English
Pages
1007-1026
Publication/Series
Journal of Health Economics
Volume
19
Issue
6
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Elsevier
Topic
- Economics
Keywords
- Health inequality
- Income
- Mortality
- QALYs
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 0167-6296