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The Role of Cohesion Policy Funds in Decreasing the Health Gaps Measured by the...
Santana, Paula; Freitas, Ângela Mendes; Costa, Cláudia; Stefanik, Iwona; Santinha, Gonçalo; Krafft, Thomas; Pilot, EvaSocial, economic, and environmental differences across the European Union significantly affect opportunities to move forward in achieving greater equity in health. Cohesion Policy (CP) funds can contribute positively through investments in the main determinants of health. The aim of this study is to analyze to what extent the planned investments for 2014-2020 are addressing the regional health gaps, in light of...
Evaluation of data availability on population health indicators at the regional...
Costa, Cláudia Margarida Pereira da; Freitas, Ângela Mendes; Stefanik, Iwona; Krafft, Thomas; Pilot, Eva; Morrison, Joana; Rodrigues, Ana Paula SantanaBackground: The ability to measure regional health inequalities across Europe and to build adequate population health indices depends significantly on the availability of reliable and comparable data at the regional level. Within the scope of the EU-funded project EURO-HEALTHY, a Population Health Index (PHI) was built. This model aggregates 39 indicators considered relevant by experts and stakeholders to evalu...