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Retirement and perceived social inferiority strongly link with health inequalities in older age : decomposition of a concentration index of poor health based on Polish cross-sectional data [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Identifying mechanisms that generate and sustain health inequalities is a prerequisite for developing effective policy response, but little is known about factors contributing to health inequalities in older populations in post-transitional European ...
Drożdżak, Zuzanna   +3 more
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Local Festivals - the Visible and Invisible Benefits for Local Communities: an Empirical View

open access: yesПроблеми на постмодерността, 2022
The article presents the results of in-depth interviews and focus group discussions held in Sadovo, Elin Pelin, Gabrovo, Bolyartsi, Novi Han and Pozharevo within a project “Local festivals: A resource of local communities for coping with crises”, funded
Kamelia Petkova
doaj  

Educational inequalities in adult mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the Asia Pacific region

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2022
Objectives In this study, we aim to analyse the relationship between educational attainment and all-cause mortality of adults in the high-income Asia Pacific region.Design This study is a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis with no language
Talal Mohammad   +14 more
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A general model for the comparative analysis of social inequalities between Europe and Latin America [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Production of INCASI Project H2020-MSCA-RISE-2015 GA 691004The chapter is an introduction to the book that places the research perspective for the comparative analysis of social inequalities between Europe and Latin America in a theoretical and ...
Fachelli, Sandra   +3 more
core   +1 more source

By way of summary : substantive contributions and public policies for dealing with social inequalities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Production of INCASI Project H2020-MSCA-RISE-2015 GA 691004The final chapter aims to summarize the main substantive contributions of each of the preceding ones and the public policies that could be applied to deal with social inequalities.
Fachelli, Sandra   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Social Justice and the Justification of Social Inequalities

open access: yes, 2022
In this chapter, we introduce key research on social justice from an interdisciplinary social scientific perspective, focusing on questions of what (distributive justice), how (procedural justice) and who (recognition and scope). After discussing seminal theories on distributive justice (i.e., equity theory and relative deprivation), we introduce the ...
Bal, M., Van den Bos, K.
openaire   +2 more sources

The value of comparative research in major day surgery

open access: yesGaceta Sanitaria, 2018
Objective: To measure time trends in major day surgery rates according to hospital ownership and other hospital characteristics among the providers of the public healthcare network of Catalonia, Spain.
Alba Llop-Gironés   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Disparities in cancer incidence, stage at diagnosis, treatment and mortality across socioeconomic groups in Finland: a register-based population study

open access: yesBMJ Public Health
Background Socioeconomic inequalities in various cancer-related indicators exist globally, but the evidence is fragmented even within countries.
Peng Li   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Social inequalities in cancer survival [PDF]

open access: yesPopulation Studies, 2000
Social differentials in survival from 12 common types of cancer are assessed by estimating an additive-multiplicative hazard model on the basis of individual register and census data for the whole Norwegian population. The excess all-cause mortality among cancer patients compared with similar persons without a cancer diagnosis is significantly related ...
openaire   +4 more sources

Cause-specific inequalities in mortality in Scotland: two decades of change - a population-based study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
<p><b>Background:</b> Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality have increased in recent years in many countries. We examined age-, sex-, and cause-specific mortality rates for social groups in and regions of Scotland to understand the ...
Dundas, R.   +11 more
core   +1 more source

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