Income-related inequality in life-years and quality-adjusted life-years.
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.
Gerdtham
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Department of Economics, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden. heug@hhs.se
Johannesson
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income / Q000145:classification* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009026:Mortality; D019057:Quality-Adjusted Life Years; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012935:Social Justice; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology