Over the past 20 years, the development of health care services and the availability of health
care coverage to the population have been accompanied by major gains in life expectancy …

We estimate the determinants of utilisation of physician and hospital services in Belgium
using four different regression techniques. We apply a one-and two-part panel count data …

Access to healthcare is inequitably distributed across different socioeconomic groups.
Several vulnerable groups experience barriers in accessing healthcare, compared to their …

Measurement of socioeconomic inequalities in health and health care, and understanding
the determinants of such inequalities, are critical for achieving higher equity in health care …

Background In order to support the case for inter-sectoral policies to tackle health
inequalities, the authors explored the economic costs of socioeconomic inequalities in …

Socioeconomic inequalities in health are a stubborn phenomenon, and despite increased
awareness seem to have widened substantially over the last decades in many European …

The health sector in Greece is based on a public/private mix. It is comprised of three
distinctive sub-systems, namely:(a) the National Health System (NHS) providing hospital …

Background: The use of a concentration index is recommended to estimate socioeconomic
equity in health and health services. Methods for the analysis of concentration indices have …

Social epidemiological research has consistently demonstrated that people with a low
socioeconomic status are particularly at risk of diseases, health complaints and functional …

Introduction: Inequalities in the distribution of primary care physicians are of great
importance in the provision of health care. This becomes more apparent mainly in the rural …