Health inequalities and welfare resources

How welfare states influence population health has long been debated but less well tested by research. This book presents new evidence of the effects of Swedish welfare state on the lives of citizens. The analysis and theoretical approaches developed in the book have wide implications for health research and policy beyond Scandinavia.

About the author

Johan Fritzell is Professor of Sociology at the Centre for Health Equity Studies, Stockholm University/Karolinska Institutet. He has published extensively on the determinants and distribution of welfare in Sweden, as well as comparative income distribution and poverty studies.
Olle Lundberg is Professor of Health Equity Studies at the Centre for Health Equity Studies, Stockholm University/Karolinska Institutet. He has conducted research on health inequalities, child and adult health, and the links between income and health.

Summary

How welfare states influence population health has long been debated but less well tested by research. This book presents new evidence of the effects of Swedish welfare state on the lives of citizens. The analysis and theoretical approaches developed in the book have wide implications for health research and policy beyond Scandinavia.

Product details

• Assisted by: Johan Fritzell (Editor), Johan (Stockholm University/Karolinska Institutet) Fritzell (Editor), Olle Lundberg (Editor), Olle (Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS) Lundberg (Editor)
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.12.2006
• EAN: 9781861347572
• ISBN: 978-1-86134-757-2
• No. of pages: 264
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 244 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 462 g
• Series: Health & Society S.; Health and Society Series; Health and Society; Health and Society Series; Health and Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system