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Educational inequalities in health in European welfare states: A social expenditure approach

Dahl, Espen; Wel, Kjetil A. van der - In: Social Science & Medicine 81 (2013) C, pp. 60-69

welfare spending affect inequalities in self-rated across Europe. We operationalise welfare spending in four different ways …

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Political, cultural and economic foundations of primary care in Europe

Kringos, Dionne S.; Boerma, Wienke G.W.; van der Zee, Jouke - In: Social Science & Medicine 99 (2013) C, pp. 9-17

) structure and services delivery across Europe. Data on the strength of primary care in 31 European countries in 2009/10 were …

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Bioethical ambition, political opportunity and the European governance of patenting: The case of human embryonic stem cell science

Salter, Brian; Salter, Charlotte - In: Social Science & Medicine 98 (2013) C, pp. 286-292

Scientific progress in the life sciences is dependent on the governance of tensions between the economic potential of the innovation and the cultural response from society. Ownership of the scientific innovation through patenting is a necessary part of the realization of its economic value yet,...

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Democratization and life expectancy in Europe, 1960–2008

Mackenbach, Johan P.; Hu, Yannan; Looman, Caspar W.N. - In: Social Science & Medicine 93 (2013) C, pp. 166-175

Over the past five decades, two successive waves of political reform have brought democracy to, first, Spain, Portugal and Greece, and, more recently, Central and Eastern European countries. We assessed whether democratization was associated with improvements in population health, as indicated...

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Jones, Melanie K.; Latreille, Paul L.; Sloane, Peter J.; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 88 (2013) C, pp. 18-29

Recent policy reforms in a number of countries are extending working lives and deferring the statutory retirement age. Yet such changes may have profound implications for the well-being of older workers if such individuals are more likely to suffer work-related health problems. Using...

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Worker health is good for the economy: Union density and psychosocial safety climate as determinants of country differences in worker health and productivity in 31 European countri...

Dollard, Maureen F.; Neser, Daniel Y. - In: Social Science & Medicine 92 (2013) C, pp. 114-123

Work stress is recognized globally as a social determinant of worker health. Therefore we explored whether work stress related factors explained national differences in health and productivity (gross domestic product (GDP)). We proposed a national worker health productivity model whereby macro...

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The influence of gender equality policies on gender inequalities in health in Europe

Palència, Laia; Malmusi, Davide; De Moortel, Deborah; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 117 (2014) C, pp. 25-33

Few studies have addressed the effect of gender policies on women's health and gender inequalities in health. This study aims to analyse the relationship between the orientation of public gender equality policies and gender inequalities in health in European countries, and whether this...

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Cross-national differences in the gender gap in subjective health in Europe: Does country-level gender equality matter?

Dahlin, Johanna; Härkönen, Juho - In: Social Science & Medicine 98 (2013) C, pp. 24-28

subjective health vary visibly across Europe. In many countries (especially in Eastern and Southern Europe), women report …

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Post-disaster psychosocial services across Europe: The TENTS project

Witteveen, Anke B.; Bisson, Jonathan I.; Ajdukovic, Dean; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 75 (2012) 9, pp. 1708-1714

-disaster psychosocial services across Europe is needed in order to compare them with recently developed evidence-informed psychosocial care … across Europe. The survey addressed planning and delivery of psychosocial care after disaster, methods of screening and … and delivery of psychosocial care was inconsistent across Europe. Countries in East Europe seemed to have less central …

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Assessing the potential impact of increased participation in higher education on mortality: Evidence from 21 European populations

Kulhánová, Ivana; Hoffmann, Rasmus; Judge, Ken; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 117 (2014) C, pp. 142-149

population differs across Europe, and can be substantial. Further investments in education may have important positive side …

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