Denne rapporten handler om sosial ulikhet i helse i Norge–omfang, utviklingstrekk, årsaker
og konsekvenser, og den politikken norske myndigheter fører og bør føre for å redusere …

The review” Health inequality–determinants and policies” identifies key-areas to be
addressed with the aim to reduce the social inequality in health. The general life expectancy …

Aims: This study describes inequalities and trends in health according to socioeconomic
status in the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT I and II) and contribute to the ongoing …

This study examined changes over time in relative health inequalities among men and
women in four Nordic countries, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. A serious …

The Nordic welfare states aim at providing equality of the highest standards for all their
citizens. However, numerous studies have demonstrated that socioeconomic inequalities in …

Abstract Nationwide surveys from Finland, Norway and Sweden were analysed to examine
socio-economic inequalities in illness. This article first describes differentials in self-reported …

Foreword by Lisa Berkman, Professor of Public Policy, Harvard UniversityHow welfare states
influence population health and health inequalities has long been debated but less well …

In 2015, a national Commission for Equity in Health was appointed by the Swedish
Government. In this paper, some key lines of thought from the three reports published by the …

This review summarizes results of a number of studies on health and social inequities in
Finland in comparison with other countries. Comparisons over time have been made when …

During the past 15–20 years the Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) framework has
become the main approach to understand health inequalities. With this model a range of …