Measurement and determinants of health poverty and richness: evidence from Portugal
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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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Measurement and determinants of health poverty and richness: evidence from PortugalHealth povertyHealth richnessInequalityEuroQolDeterminant factorsPortugalThe 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.Repositório ComumSimões, NádiaCrespo, NunoMoreira, Sandrina BerthaultVarum, Celeste A.2014-01-15T17:58:26Z20132013-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/5333enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-21T09:50:14Zoai:comum.rcaap.pt:10400.26/5333Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T23:06:18.221134Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Measurement and determinants of health poverty and richness: evidence from Portugal |
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Measurement and determinants of health poverty and richness: evidence from Portugal |
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Measurement and determinants of health poverty and richness: evidence from Portugal Simões, Nádia Health poverty Health richness Inequality EuroQol Determinant factors Portugal |
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Measurement and determinants of health poverty and richness: evidence from Portugal |
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Measurement and determinants of health poverty and richness: evidence from Portugal |
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Measurement and determinants of health poverty and richness: evidence from Portugal |
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Measurement and determinants of health poverty and richness: evidence from Portugal |
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Measurement and determinants of health poverty and richness: evidence from Portugal |
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Simões, Nádia |
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Simões, Nádia Crespo, Nuno Moreira, Sandrina Berthault Varum, Celeste A. |
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Crespo, Nuno Moreira, Sandrina Berthault Varum, Celeste A. |
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Repositório Comum |
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Simões, Nádia Crespo, Nuno Moreira, Sandrina Berthault Varum, Celeste A. |
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Health poverty Health richness Inequality EuroQol Determinant factors Portugal |
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Health poverty Health richness Inequality EuroQol Determinant factors Portugal |
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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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