Access to treatment and educational inequalities in cancer survival

Jon Fiva, Torbjørn Hægeland, Marte Rønning and Astri Syse
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Astri Syse: Statistics Norway, https://www.ssb.no/en/forskning/ansatte

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Abstract: The public health care systems in the Nordic countries provide high quality care almost free of charge to all citizens. However, social inequalities in health persist. Previous research has, for example, documented substantial educational inequalities in cancer survival. We investigate to what extent this may be driven by differential access to and utilization of high quality treatment options. Quasi-experimental evidence based on the establishment of regional cancer wards indicates that i) highly educated individuals utilized centralized specialized treatment to a greater extent than less educated patients and ii) the use of such treatment improved these patients' survival.

Keywords: Education; Health; Inequality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I10 I20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-02
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Journal Article: Access to treatment and educational inequalities in cancer survival (2014)
Working Paper: Acess to Treatment and Educational Inequalities in Cancer Survival (2013)
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