Trends In Inequalities In Mortality Amenable To Health Care In 17 European Countries

• DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2016.1674
• Publication Date: 2017-06-05T19:20:12Z
• Authors: Johan P. Mackenbach; Yannan Hu; Barbara Artnik; Matthias Bopp; Giuseppe Costa; Ramune Kalediene; Pekka Martikainen; Gwenn Menvielle; Bjørn H. Strand; Bogdan Wojtyniak; Wilma J. Nusselder
• Keywords: Male; EMC OR-01; 1. No poverty; 610 Medicine & health; 10060 Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute (EBPI); 2719 Health Policy; 3. Good health; [SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio]; Europe; 03 medical and health sciences; Socioeconomic Factors; Humans; Female; Health Expenditures; Healthcare Disparities; Mortality; 0305 other medical science; 10. No inequality; avoidable mortality; medical intervention; socioeconomic differences

Little is known about the effectiveness of health care in reducing inequalities health. We assessed trends mortality from conditions amenable to seventeen European countries period 1980-2010 and used models that included country fixed effects study determinants these trends. Our findings show remarkable declines over among people with a low level education. also found stable absolute time between high levels education, but widening relative inequalities. Higher expenditure was associated lower causes, not nonamenable causes. The effect on equally strong, terms, education those levels. As result, higher narrowing mortality. suggest context, more generous funding provides some protection against