Disease Mapping and Inequalities in Health Services in a Welfare State

Hintergrund: Since the 1930s Denmark has developed a special version of the welfare state to support elaborate public systems of income redistribution and services. However, health inequalities persist. With geographic information systems (GIS), spatial differences in health can be examined, offering new opportunities for description and analysis of health status. Ziel: This study examines inequalities in hospital utilisation in Denmark. This is done by examining differences by location and social status as well as by sex and age. The use of GIS can help to identify where and for whom inequalities in health stat…