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Why a positive link between age and income-related health inequality?

Nordin, Martin; Gerdtham, Ulf-G. - 2010

This study uses Swedish data to analyze why the SES-health gradient increases with ageing. Since different measures of SES and health capture different aspects, we use this information to explore the age increase in health inequality and to discriminate between three types of explanations,...

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Explaining socioeconomic inequalities in drug utilization for Sweden 2005-2006: Evidence from linked survey and register data

Nordin, Martin; Dackehag, Margareta; Gerdtham, Ulf-G. - 2011

analyze the socioeconomic gradient in drug utilization. It finds a significant education gradient (but no income gradient) in … individual drug utilization. Whereas the education gradient for men is quantitative in its orientation (education affects number … of drugs used), the gradient for women is both quantitative and qualitative (education affects mean cost of drugs). For …

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Childhood Health and Labor Market Outcomes in the Case of Type 1 Diabetes

Persson, Sofie; Dahlquist, Gisela; Gerdtham, Ulf-G.; … - 2014

health shock. Using data from the Swedish Childhood Diabetes Register and national registers on education, employment, and …

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Effect of Type 1 Diabetes on School Performance in a Dynamic World: New Analysis Exploring Swedish Register Data

Persson, Emma; Persson, Sofie; Gerdtham, Ulf-G.; Steen … - 2016

This paper investigates if the effect of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) on school performance has changed over time using national Swedish population register data. The issue is of interest because management and treatment of the disease have improved over the last decades and, furthermore,...

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