Mackenbach J P
Department of Public Health, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
BMJ. 1994 Dec 3;309(6967):1487-91. doi: 10.1136/bmj.309.6967.1487.
The attention paid to the socioeconomic inequalities in health in the Netherlands has increased greatly in recent years. A national research programme was started in 1989, and among other things, this has increased the yearly number of publications on socioeconomic inequalities in health by about 25%. The programme has increased awareness of inequalities among researchers and policy makers as well as improved the information available on health inequalities and the reasons for them. Cross party agreement on the need to reduce these inequalities has led to a consensus based approach which contrasts with the heavily politicised debate in countries such as the United Kingdom.
近年来，荷兰对健康方面社会经济不平等问题的关注大幅增加。1989年启动了一项全国性研究计划，除其他方面外，这使得每年关于健康方面社会经济不平等问题的出版物数量增加了约25%。该计划提高了研究人员和政策制定者对不平等问题的认识，同时也改善了有关健康不平等及其成因的可用信息。各党派就减少这些不平等的必要性达成的共识导致了一种基于共识的方法，这与英国等国家激烈的政治化辩论形成了对比。
