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Editorial introduction: Social and spatial inequalities in health and mortality : the analysis of longitudinal register data from selected European countries

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Date
08/04/2022
Author
Keenan, Katherine Lisa
Kulu, Hill
Cox, Fiona McLean
Funder
Academy of Medical Sciences
Economic & Social Research Council
European Research Council
Economic & Social Research Council
Economic & Social Research Council
Grant ID
SBF004\1093
ES/R009139/1
834103
ES/K007394/1
ES/K000446/1
Keywords
Europe
Health geography
Health inequality
Longitudinal analysis
Register data
HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
T-NDAS
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
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Abstract
Health inequalities—systematic differences in health outcomes between social groups and across spatial units—are ubiquitous, but not necessarily inevitable. They are the product of a complex interplay of social and economic processes operating at various scales. The unequal pattern of infection and death seen in the Covid-19 pandemic has served to highlight the stark social gradient in health that exists within many European countries. Although the complex social determinants of health have been studied for many decades, there is still a great deal of work to do to elucidate explanations for health inequalities across time and space. To rise to the challenge, we need high-quality, representative data capable of capturing multi-scalar longitudinal processes. This special issue brings together eight new studies which all use national population register data linked with various other sources of administrative data (e.g., residence, tax and health records) to investigate different vectors of inequalities in health and mortality, covering spatial, socioeconomic, ethnic and migrant status. This editorial outlines their contributions, argues for the invaluable role of population register data to understand health inequalities and suggests promising future research avenues.
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Keenan , K L , Kulu , H & Cox , F M 2022 , ' Editorial introduction: Social and spatial inequalities in health and mortality : the analysis of longitudinal register data from selected European countries ' , Population, Space and Place , vol. 28 , no. 3 , e2411 . https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.2411
Publication
Population, Space and Place
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.2411
ISSN
1544-8444
Type
Journal item
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Copyright © 2021 The Authors. Population, Space and Place published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Funding: Economic and Social Research Council. Grant Numbers: ES/K007394/1, ES/K000446/1; European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. Grant Number: 834103.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/23748

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