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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

Have Health Inequalities Increased during the COVID-19 Pandemic? Evidence from Recent Years for Older European Union Citizens.

Irene González Rodríguez, Marta Pascual Sáez, David Cantarero Prieto

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Irene González RodríguezHealth Economics Research Group, Department of Economics, University of Cantabria and IDIVAL, Av. de los Castros s/n., 39005 Santander, Spain.
Marta Pascual SáezHealth Economics Research Group, Department of Economics, University of Cantabria and IDIVAL, Av. de los Castros s/n., 39005 Santander, Spain.
David Cantarero PrietoHealth Economics Research Group, Department of Economics, University of Cantabria and IDIVAL, Av. de los Castros s/n., 39005 Santander, Spain.

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Abstract

Reducing inequality is one of the current challenges that most societies are facing. Our aim was to analyze the evolution of inequalities in self-assessed health among older Europeans in a time period spanning the 2008 economic crisis and the COVID-19 health crisis. We used data from Waves 2, 4 and 8 of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe. We used inequality indices that accept ordinal variables. Our empirical results suggest that average inequality declines over time. Gender significantly influences the results. Some of the countries with the highest level of inequality are Denmark and Sweden, and some with the lowest are Estonia and the Netherlands. Our results may be of interest for the development of public policies to reduce inequalities. Special attention should be paid to vulnerable groups, such as the elderly.

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COVID-19Health Status DisparitiesAgedEuropeEuropean UnionHumansPandemicsRetirementSocioeconomic Factorshealth econometricshealth inequalitiesself-assessed health

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PMID35805469
PMCPMC9265733

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