title: Income-related inequalities in health: some international comparisons.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Policy and Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: van Doorslaer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wagstaff
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bleichrodt
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Calonge
authors.forename: U G
authors.initials: UG
authors.lastname: Gerdtham
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gerfin
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Geurts
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gross
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Häkkinen
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Leu
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: O'Donnell
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Propper
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Puffer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sundberg
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Winkelhake
mesh_terms: D019049:Developed Countries; D015276:Health Care Rationing / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards; D006291:Health Policy / Q000191:economics; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012647:Self-Assessment; D012935:Social Justice