Social protection expenditure on health in later life in 20 European countries: Spending more to reduce health inequalities

Stefan Sieber, Dan Orsholits, Boris Cheval, Andreas Ihle, Michelle Kelly-Irving, Cyrille Delpierre, Claudine Burton-Jeangros and Stéphane Cullati

Social Science & Medicine, 2022, vol. 292, issue C

Abstract: This study aims to examine whether higher social protection expenditure reduces the negative association of life-course socioeconomic disadvantages with subjective and objective health status and trajectories in later life.

Keywords: SHARE; Longitudinal; Ageing; Trajectory; Self-rated health; Grip strength; Social protection expenditure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114569

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