Health inequalities and the welfare state
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Welfare states are important determinants of health. Comparative social epidemiology has almost invariably concluded that population health is enhanced by the relatively generous and universal welfare provision of the Scandinavian countries. However, most international studies of socioeconomic inequalities in health have thrown up something of a public health 'puzzle' as the Scandinavian welfar...
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عنوان ژورنال: Norsk Epidemiologi
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0803-2491
DOI: 10.5324/nje.v17i1.164