Health Disparities in Czechia and Portugal at Country and Municipality Levels

Michala Lustigova, Dagmar Dzurova, Claudia Costa and Paula Santana
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Michala Lustigova: Department of Social Geography and Regional Development, Faculty of Science, Charles University, 128 43 Prague, Czech Republic
Dagmar Dzurova: Department of Social Geography and Regional Development, Faculty of Science, Charles University, 128 43 Prague, Czech Republic
Claudia Costa: Centre of Studies in Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Coimbra, 3004-530 Coimbra, Portugal
Paula Santana: Centre of Studies in Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Coimbra, 3004-530 Coimbra, Portugal

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 7, 1-16

Abstract: This article investigates the health outcomes and determinants between two different European populations, Portuguese and Czech, on two hierarchical levels: country and metropolitan area. At first, the decomposition method of age and cause of death were compared on the country level, and then health was examined based on a factor analysis at the municipality level of Prague and Lisbon. The results clearly indicate problematic diabetes mortality among the Portuguese population, and especially in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, and confirm the dominant role of circulatory mortality and cancer mortality among Czech, especially the Prague population. The social and economic deprivations were revealed as the major drivers for both metropolitan areas, although with differences between them, requiring interventions that go beyond the health sector.

Keywords: population health; health determinants; health outcomes; health inequalities; Czechia; Portugal (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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