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Monitoring health inequalities when the socio-economic composition changes: are the slope and relative indices of inequality appropriate? Results of a simulation study

Keywords: Health inequality Inequality indices Monitoring Relative index of inequality Abstract: BACKGROUND: The slope (SII) and relative (RII) indices of inequality are commonly recommended to monitor health ...

Women’s excess unhealthy life years: disentangling the unhealthy life years gapAbstractBackgroundMethodsResultsConclusion

Jagger; Jean Marie Robine Source: European Journal of Public Health (2019) Keywords: composite health measures GALI gender inequality Healthy Life Years HLY Abstract: Background: Compared to men, women live ...

Contribution of chronic conditions to gender disparities in health expectancies in Belgium, 2001, 2004 and 2008

European Journal of Public Health (2018) Keywords: causes of death causes of morbidity DISABILITY Gender HEALTH EXPECTANCY inequity Life expectancy Abstract: Background We aimed to investigate the ...

Health Status Report 2019: De gezondheidstoestand in België

Accession Number: D/2019/14.440/4 URL: https://www.gezondbelgie.be Keywords: DETERMINANTS Health status inequalities Population health monitoring Health Topics:  Health and disease monitoring Surveillance de ...

Health Status Report 2019: L’état de santé en Belgique

Accession Number: D/2019/14.440/3 URL: https://www.belgiqueenbonnesante.be Keywords: DETERMINANTS Health status inequalities Population health monitoring Health Topics:  Health and disease monitoring ...

Contribution of chronic conditions to gender disparities in health expectancies in Belgium, 2001, 2004 and 2008

European Journal of Public Health, Volume 29, Issue 1, Number 87 (2019) Keywords: chronic diseases DISABILITY Gender HEALTH EXPECTANCY inequality trend Abstract: Background: We aimed to investigate the ...

Socioeconomic factors contributing to under-five mortality in sub-Saharan Africa: a decomposition analysis

Health, Volume 19, Issue 1 (2019) Keywords: Decomposition inequality under-five mortality Abstract: Background In sub-Saharan Africa, socioeconomic factors such as place of residence, mother’s educational ...

Relative contributions of recommended food environment policies to improve population nutrition: results from a Delphi study with international food policy experts.

contributions of policies to reducing nutrition inequalities and improving consumer and child rights could be developed in the future. Manuscript versions:  DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980018001076 File:  ...

Correcting the self-reported BMI doesn't impact the socio-economic inequalities in obesity

Publication Type: Scientific poster, presentation or proceeding Authors: Sabine Drieskens; Stefaan Demarest; Sarah Bel; Karin De Ridder; Jean Tafforeau Source: European Public Health Conference, Stockholm (2017) Keywords: BMI VALIDATION Health Topics:  He ...

Multinomial additive hazard model to assess the disability burden using cross-sectional data.

maximize the multinomial log-likelihood function subject to a linear inequality constraint. Our simulation study indicates overall good performance of the model, without convergence problems. However, the ...

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