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Demographic losses related to socio-economic inequalities in adult mortality in Lithuania: evidence from census-linked longitudinal data
Jasilionis, D. · Das Gesundheitswesen · 2013 · Heft 8/09 · S. 1 bis 1
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Introduction: Health status and mortality indirectly measure wellbeing in a society and also point to the fairness of distribution of wealth across socioeconomic groups and individuals. Increasing attention of scientists and policy makers for health inequality issues is related to both ethical dimensions of inequality and social and economic consequences of health inequalities. According to the recent study by Mackenbach, Meerding and Kunst (2011), at the EU level, elimination of health inequalities would allow to save about 15 – 20% of the health and social security budgets. According to their estimates, overal…
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