Mortality inequality, spatial differences and health care access

K Atalay, R Edwards, F Georgiakakis - Health Economics, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Although Australia maintains relatively high standards of health and healthcare, there exists
disparity in health outcomes and longevity among different segments of the population …

[HTML][HTML] The increasing lifespan variation gradient by area-level deprivation: a decomposition analysis of Scotland 1981–2011

R Seaman, T Riffe, AH Leyland, F Popham… - Social Science & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Life expectancy inequalities are an established indicator of health inequalities. More recent
attention has been given to lifespan variation, which measures the amount of heterogeneity …

[HTML][HTML] Geographical inequalities in health in New Zealand, 1980–2001: the gap widens

J Pearce, D Dorling, B Wheeler, R Barnett… - Australian and New …, 2006 - Elsevier
Objective: To monitor geographical inequalities in health in New Zealand during the period
1980 to 2001, a time of rapid social and economic change in society. Methods: Age …

Increasing inequalities in health: is it an artefact caused by the selective movement of people?

S Connolly, D O'Reilly, M Rosato - Social science & medicine, 2007 - Elsevier
Changes in health socio-economic inequalities are currently measured by comparing the
mortality gradient across aggregates of small administrative areas at two points in time …

Health inequalities

A Case, L Kraftman - Oxford Open Economics, 2024 - academic.oup.com
There are marked differences in life expectancy between regions of England, between
countries in the UK, and between the UK and other wealthy countries. In England, there are …

Are health inequalities between differently deprived areas evident at different ages? A longitudinal study of census records in England and Wales, 1991–2001

P Norman, P Boyle - Health & place, 2014 - Elsevier
The notion that mortality inequalities between differently deprived areas vary by age is
logical since not all causes of death increase in risk with age and not all causes of death are …

Increasing geographical inequalities in health in New Zealand, 1980–2001

J Pearce, D Dorling - International Journal of Epidemiology, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Background Recent studies have noted widening health inequalities between rich and poor
areas in a number of OECD countries. This paper examines whether health in New Zealand …

Differential impacts of health care in Australia: trend analysis of socioeconomic inequalities in avoidable mortality

RJ Korda, JRG Butler, MS Clements… - International Journal of …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Background Recent avoidable mortality trends in Australia suggest that health care has
made a substantial contribution to reducing mortality. This study investigates if the benefits of …

Mortality inequality in England over the past 20 years

J Banks, S Cattan, L Kraftman, S Krutikova - Fiscal Studies, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, we study the evolution of age‐group‐and gender‐specific mortality and
mortality inequality in England between 2003 and 2016, by comparing small geographic …

Primary care and health inequality: Difference-in-difference study comparing England and Ontario

R Cookson, L Mondor, M Asaria, DS Kringos… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background It is not known whether equity-oriented primary care investment that seeks to
scale up the delivery of effective care in disadvantaged communities can reduce health …