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Social inequalities in cancer survival
Kravdal, Øystein - 1998
Social differentials in the survival from 12 common types of cancer were assessed by estimating a recently developed … population. The excess all-cause mortality among cancer patients compared to otherwise equal persons without a cancer diagnosis … care are primarily responsible for these inequalities in cancer survival. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011519050
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Social Inequalities in Cancer Survival
Kravdal, O. - Økonomisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo - 1998
Social differentials in the survival from 12 common types of cancer were assessed by estimating a recently developed … population. The excess all-cause mortality among cancer patients compared to otherwise equal persons without a cancer diagnosis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005652342
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Inequity in the face of death
García Gómez, Pilar; Schokkaert, Erik; Van Ourti, Tom; … - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009723002
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Inequity in the Face of Death
Garcia-Gomez, Pilar - 2012
We apply the theory of inequality in opportunity to measure inequity in mortality. Our empirical work is based on a rich dataset for the Netherlands (1998-2007), linking information about mortality, health events and lifestyles. We show that distinguishing between different channels via which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013101624
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Inequity in the Face of Death
Garcia-Gomez, Pilar - 2013
We apply the theory of inequality in opportunity to measure inequity in mortality. Our empirical work is based on a rich dataset for the Netherlands (1998-2007), linking information about mortality, health events and lifestyles. We show that distinguishing between different channels via which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013086991
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The COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on socioeconomic inequality in psychological distress in the UK: an update
Gao, Xiaoying; Davillas, Apostolos; Jones, Andrew M. - 2021
This paper extends the earlier work of Davillas and Jones (2021) on socioeconomic inequality in mental health, measured by the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), to include the second national lockdown up to March 2021.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012651380
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Ex Ante Inequality of Opportunity in Health Among the Elderly in China : A Distributional Decomposition Analysis of Biomarkers
Ding, Lanlin - 2020
We present a comprehensive analysis of ex ante inequality of opportunity (IOp) in health among Chinese adults aged 60+ and decompose the contributions of different sets of circumstances. Data are drawn from the 2011 and 2015 waves of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012832599
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Height, Health, and Inequality : The Distribution of Adult Heights in India
Deaton, Angus - 2011
I explore the relationship between the distribution of adult heights and the distribution of income. It has previously been argued (a) that average adult height may depend negatively on income inequality; (b) that some measure of inequality in adult heights is informative about inequality in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012714305
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The first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on socioeconomic inequality in psychological distress in the UK
Davillas, Apostolos; Jones, Andrew M. - 2021
We use data from the UK Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS) to compare measures of socioeconomic inequality in psychological distress, measured by the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), before (Waves 9 and the Interim 2019 Wave) and during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic (April to July...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419281
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The COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on inequality of opportunity in psychological distress in the UK
Davillas, Apostolos; Jones, Andrew M. - 2020
We use data from Wave 9 of UK Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS) and the April 2020 Wave of the UKHLS COVID-19 survey to compare measures of ex ante inequality of opportunity (IOp) in psychological distress, as measured by the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), before (Wave 9) and at the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012239440