Inequalities in health in Britain were highlighted by the Black report,' and more recent data from the decennial supplement on occupational mortality, published by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys,2 have been used to show that inequalities have widened over the past decade.' Differences in inequalities are greater in Scotland and the north west of England than in the south east. Th...

Regional disparities and inequalities have been a key concern in the EU. This paper develops concept of spatial justice to examine European Union policy territorial cohesion its reforms. It identifies three dimensions that distinguish it from social justice: spatiality, which draws attention aspects justice; integration distributive procedural justice, goes beyond this controversial dichotomy i...

BACKGROUND Despite universal health care, there continues to be regional access disparities to coronary angiography in Canada. Our objective was to evaluate the extent to which demand-side factors such as clinical urgency/need, and supply-side factors, as reflected by differences in physician and procedural supply account for these inequalities. METHODS Our cohort consisted of 74,254 consecut...

The ESSPROS methodology was first used in Croatia 2018 to collect data on social protection expenditure local government, for the year 2017. aim of this research is use these reveal level inequalities between regional government units (counties) and demonstrate Matthew effect functioning welfare policies. Quantitative analysis has demonstrated a significant spatial disparities availability inst...

BACKGROUND Socioeconomic status is a predictor not only of mortality, but also of cardiovascular risk and morbidity. An ongoing debate in the field of social inequalities and health focuses on two questions: 1) Is individual health status associated with individual income as well as with income inequality at the aggregate (e. g. regional) level? 2) If there is such an association, does it opera...

BACKGROUND There is increasing evidence that individual health is at least partly determined by neighbourhood and regional factors. Mechanisms, however, remain poorly understood, and evidence from Germany is scant. This study explores whether regional as well as neighbourhood deprivation are associated with physical health and to what extent this association can be explained by specific neighbo...

Competitiveness and growth in the knowledge-based economy are directly linked both to the development of local innovation capacity and connectivity to global resources. Clusters and networks are emerging as significant tools to promote regional development, foster SME growth, reduce spatial and social inequalities, and to activate, diffuse and expand locally generated knowledge. The present wor...