We provide a comprehensive picture of the health effects of social isolation using longitudinal data over 21 European … isolation index and mortality, which is much stronger in Eastern countries. While all of our pooled countries estimates ranged … between a 20 to 30% increase in the mortality hazard for the socially isolated, that number jumps to 45% for the Eastern …

political spectrum wanted mortality and healthcare to be distributed more evenly among the rich and poor than they estimated …