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Measurement and determinants of health poverty and richness: evidence from Portugal

dc.contributor.authorSimões, Nádia
dc.contributor.authorCrespo, Nuno
dc.contributor.authorMoreira, Sandrina Berthault
dc.contributor.authorVarum, Celeste A.
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-15T17:58:26Z
dc.date.available2014-01-15T17:58:26Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThe analysis of health inequalities is a critical topic for health policy. With data for Portugal, we propose a procedure to convert information provided by the official National Health Survey to EuroQol. Based on these data, we make two contributions. First, we extend measures and methods commonly applied in other fields of economic research in order to quantify the phenomena of health poverty, richness, and inequality. Second, using an ordered probit model, we evaluate the determinants of health inequalities in Portugal. The results show that there is a remarkable level of health inequality, with significant rates of poverty (11.64%) and richness (22.64%). The econometric study reveals that gender, age, education, region of residence, and eating habits are among the most critical determinant factors of health.por
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/5333
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.subjectHealth povertyen
dc.subjectHealth richnessen
dc.subjectInequalityen
dc.subjectPortugalpor
dc.subjectEuroQolen
dc.subjectDeterminant factorsen
dc.titleMeasurement and determinants of health poverty and richness: evidence from Portugalen
dc.typejournal article
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person.familyNameBERTHAULT MOREIRA
person.givenNameSANDRINA
person.identifier.ciencia-idE415-8386-EB73
person.identifier.orcid0000-0003-2124-8366
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