Sökning: "national equity"

Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 62 avhandlingar innehållade orden national equity.

  1. 16. Healthy bridges : Studies of social capital, welfare, and health

    Författare :Mikael Rostila; Johan Fritzell; Ichiro Kawachi; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sweden; social capital; welfare state; health; migrant; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to study whether social capital is related to health and health inequality, and to investigate the significance of welfare state features for levels of social capital. Another aim is to examine whether social capital may be important for the relation between the welfare state and health. LÄS MER

  3. 17. Understanding the Educational Gradient in Mortality

    Författare :Olof Östergren; Olle Lundberg; Richard Layte; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; social inequalites in health; education; mortality; register data; Sweden; smoking; alcohol; Sociology; sociologi;

    Sammanfattning : There is a positive association between education and longevity. Individuals with a university degree tend to live longer than high school graduates who, in turn, live longer than those with compulsory education. LÄS MER

  4. 18. Troubled transitions : Social variation and long-term trends in health and mortality in Estonia

    Författare :Mall Leinsalu; Denny Vågerö; Martin McKee; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; self-rated health; cause-specific mortality; social transition; social differences; long-term trends; Estonia; Sociology; Sociologi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is about social variation and long-term trends in health and mortality in Estonia. After five decades of Soviet occupation Estonia’s independence was re-established in 1991 on the basis of the historical continuity of its statehood. LÄS MER

  5. 19. Diffusion, implementation and consequences of new health technology : The cases of biological drugs for rheumatoid arthritis and the Swedish national guidelines

    Författare :Almina Kalkan; Per Carlsson; Kerstin Roback; Eva Hallert; Peter Garpenby; Tuulikki Sokka-Isler; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : Improvements in health technology raise hopes for better patient outcomes and a more efficient delivery of health care. However, the processes of diffusion and implementation of new health technology have been shown to be complicated and to pose a number of challenges for the healthcare sector. LÄS MER

  7. 20. A register-based study of health equity in Swedish stroke and diabetes care delivery

    Författare :Carl Willers; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Stroke and diabetes are relatively common conditions and have a huge impact on society’s burden of illness; over 400 million people around the world live with diabetes and 15 million have a stroke every year. Estimates on the disability-adjusted life years lost amount to 68 million due to diabetes and 120 million due to stroke annually. LÄS MER