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

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Autor(a) principal: Simões, Nádia
Data de Publicação: 2013
Outros Autores: Crespo, Nuno, Moreira, Sandrina Berthault, Varum, Celeste A.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/5333
Resumo: The 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.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Measurement and determinants of health poverty and richness: evidence from Portugal
title Measurement and determinants of health poverty and richness: evidence from Portugal
spellingShingle Measurement and determinants of health poverty and richness: evidence from Portugal
Simões, Nádia
Health poverty
Health richness
Inequality
EuroQol
Determinant factors
Portugal
title_short Measurement and determinants of health poverty and richness: evidence from Portugal
title_full Measurement and determinants of health poverty and richness: evidence from Portugal
title_fullStr Measurement and determinants of health poverty and richness: evidence from Portugal
title_full_unstemmed Measurement and determinants of health poverty and richness: evidence from Portugal
title_sort Measurement and determinants of health poverty and richness: evidence from Portugal
author Simões, Nádia
author_facet Simões, Nádia
Crespo, Nuno
Moreira, Sandrina Berthault
Varum, Celeste A.
author_role author
author2 Crespo, Nuno
Moreira, Sandrina Berthault
Varum, Celeste A.
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório Comum
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Simões, Nádia
Crespo, Nuno
Moreira, Sandrina Berthault
Varum, Celeste A.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Health poverty
Health richness
Inequality
EuroQol
Determinant factors
Portugal
topic Health poverty
Health richness
Inequality
EuroQol
Determinant factors
Portugal
description The 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.
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