An assessment of socio-economic inequalities in health among elderly in Greece, Italy and Spain

Cleon Tsimbos ()

International Journal of Public Health, 2010, vol. 55, issue 1, 5-15

Abstract: The analysis reconfirms the advantage of high over low socio-economic position for all countries and health indicators and proves education as an important correlate compared to wealth and income among the elderly. Copyright Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel/Switzerland 2010

Keywords: Health inequalities; Socio-economic position; Education; Mediterranean countries; Concentration index; SHARE (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1007/s00038-009-0083-1

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