Social heterogeneity in self-reported health status and measurement of inequalities in health

Drawing on the literature on health and inequalities, this report argues that improving mental health brings significant benefits for health and quality of life – not only through

Hospice care has accomplished a great deal in preventing the lonely and painful deaths that many people fear, and we physicians caring for people dying from cancer or AIDS

This guide focuses on challenge contests for health and health research in which the public responds to an open call for suggestions. The organization of such contests involves

• to illustrate the extent to which an economic argument can be made in favour of investment in three major social determinants of health areas: education, social protection,

The resource book reviews and discusses the existing evidence in three major areas of social determinants of health: education, social protection, and urban development, housing

In the different sections of the report inequalities in health are discussed in the context of such social determinants as: age, sex, level of education, social and economic

Ainsi, en Europe la proportion de personnes ayant cessé leur activité professionnelle pour des raisons de santé atteint en moyenne 6% de la population en âge de

For instance, if there is a pro-rich bias in access to health care, as one may suppose a priori, then the effect of income on clinical health is underestimated, and