van Doorslaer E, Wagstaff A, Bleichrodt H, Calonge S, Gerdtham U G, Gerfin M, Geurts J, Gross L, Häkkinen U, Leu R E, O'Donnell O, Propper C, Puffer F, Rodríguez M, Sundberg G, Winkelhake O
Department of Health Policy and Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
J Health Econ. 1997 Feb;16(1):93-112. doi: 10.1016/s0167-6296(96)00532-2.
This paper presents evidence on income-related inequalities in self-assessed health in nine industrialized countries. Health interview survey data were used to construct concentration curves of self-assessed health, measured as a latent variable. Inequalities in health favoured the higher income groups and were statistically significant in all countries. Inequalities were particularly high in the United States and the United Kingdom. Amongst other European countries, Sweden, Finland and the former East Germany had the lowest inequality. Across countries, a strong association was found between inequalities in health and inequalities in income.
本文提供了九个工业化国家自我评估健康方面与收入相关不平等的证据。健康访谈调查数据被用于构建自我评估健康的集中曲线，自我评估健康作为一个潜在变量进行衡量。健康方面的不平等有利于高收入群体，且在所有国家都具有统计学意义。美国和英国的不平等程度尤其高。在其他欧洲国家中，瑞典、芬兰和前东德的不平等程度最低。在不同国家之间，发现健康不平等与收入不平等之间存在强烈关联。
