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Socioeconomic Inequalities in Chronic Liver Diseases and Cirrhosis Mortality in...
Borrell, Carme; Palència, Laia; Bosakova, Lucia; Gotsens, Mercè; Morrison, Joana; Costa, Claudia; Dzúrová, Dagmar; Deboosere, PatrickObjective: To analyse the trends in chronic liver diseases and cirrhosis mortality, and the associated socioeconomic inequalities, in nine European cities and urban areas before and after the onset of the 2008 financial crisis. Methods: This is an ecological study of trends in three periods of time: two before (2000–2003 and 2004–2008), and one after (2009–2014) the onset of the economic crisis. The units of an...
Socioeconomic inequalities in suicide mortality in European urban areas before ...
Borrell, Carme; Palència, Laia; Marí-Dell'Olmo, Marc; Morrisson, Joana; Deboosere, Patrick; Gotsens, Mercè; Dzúrová, Dagmar; Costa, ClaudiaBackground: Few studies have assessed the impact of the financial crisis on inequalities in suicide mortality in European urban areas. The objective of the study was to analyse the trend in area socioeconomic inequalities in suicide mortality in nine European urban areas before and after the beginning of the financial crisis. Methods: This ecological study of trends was based on three periods, two before the ec...
Effect of the recent economic crisis on socioeconomic inequalities in mortality...
Palència, Laia; Gotsens, Mercè; Marí-Dell'Olmo, Marc; Bosakova, Lucia; Burström, Bo; Costa, Cláudia; Deboosere, Patrick; Dzúrová, DagmarObjective: To analyse socioeconomic inequalities in all-cause mortality among men and women in nineEuropean urban areas during the recent economic crisis, and to compare the results to those from twoperiods before the crisis.Method: This is an ecological study of trends based on three time periods (2000-2003, 2004-2008 and2009-2014). The units of analysis were the small areas of nine European urban areas. We us...
Health Disparities in Czechia and Portugal at Country and Municipality Levels
Lustigova, Michala; Dzúrová, Dagmar; Costa, Cláudia Margarida Pereira da; Rodrigues, Ana Paula SantanaThis article investigates the health outcomes and determinants between two different European populations, Portuguese and Czech, on two hierarchical levels: country and metropolitan area. At first, the decomposition method of age and cause of death were compared on the country level, and then health was examined based on a factor analysis at the municipality level of Prague and Lisbon. The results clearly indic...
Population Health Inequalities Across and Within European Metropolitan Areas th...
Costa, Cláudia Margarida Pereira da; Rodrigues, Ana Paula Santana; Dimitroulopoulou, Sani; Burström, Bo; Borrell, Carme; Schweikart, JürgenThe different geographical contexts seen in European metropolitan areas are reflected in the uneven distribution of health risk factors for the population. Accumulating evidence on multiple health determinants point to the importance of individual, social, economic, physical and built environment features, which can be shaped by the local authorities. The complexity of measuring health, which at the same time u...
Social differences in avoidable mortality between small areas of 15 European ci...
Hoffmann, Rasmus; Borsboom, Gerard; Saez, Marc; Marí-Dell'Olmo, Marc; Burström, Bo; Corman, Diana; Costa, Cláudia; Deboosere, PatrickBackground: Health and inequalities in health among inhabitants of European cities are of major importance for European public health and there is great interest in how different health care systems in Europe perform in the reduction of health inequalities. However, evidence on the spatial distribution of cause-specific mortality across neighbourhoods of European cities is scarce. This study presents maps of av...