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Table 4 Descriptives of Huber & colleagues group

From: Understanding the role of welfare state characteristics for health and inequalities – an analytical review

Descriptive measure

N (author)

Data used

 

  - OECD, WHO, UN

3 (Navarro*, Chung & Muntaner, Borrell*)

  - SHARE

1 (Espelt*)

  - ESS

1 (Olsen & Dahl)

  - EUROTHINE

1 (Borrell*)

  - LIS

1 (Borrell*)

Health outcome

 

  - Self-rated health

3 (Olsen & Dahl, Espelt*, Borrell*)

  - Life expectancy

2 (Navarro*, Chung & Muntaner)

  - Infant mortality

1 (Navarro*)

  - Low birth weight

1 (Chung & Muntaner)

  - Longstanding limiting illness

1 (Espelt*)

Health outcome

 

  - Morbidity

6

  - Mortality

3

Measures inequality (total)

3 (Navarro*, Espelt*, Borrell*)

  - SEP (social class)

1 (Espelt*)

  - Education

1 (Borrell*)

  - Income distribution (Theil index)

1 (Navarro*)

  1. Many articles examined multiple outcomes and hence the number of studies using the different health outcomes (9) is greater than the number of studies (n = 5).
  2. Mortality measures include: life expectancy, infant mortality.
  3. Morbidity measures include: self-rated health, limiting longstanding illness/morbidity/disability, low birth weight.
  4. * = Studies with an inequalities perspective.
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