Income-related inequalities in health: some international comparisons
利用九个工业化国家的健康访谈调查数据，测量自评健康中的收入相关不平等，发现所有国家中高收入群体健康更好，其中美国和英国不平等程度最高，瑞典、芬兰和东德最低，且健康不平等与收入不平等密切相关。
This paper presents evidence on income-related inequalities in self-assessed health in nine industrialized countries. Health interview survey data were used to construct concentration curves of self-assessed health, measured as a latent variable. Inequalities in health favoured the higher income groups and were statistically significant in all countries. Inequalities were particularly high in the United States and the United Kingdom. Amongst other European countries, Sweden, Finland and the former East Germany had the lowest inequality. Across countries, a strong association was found between inequalities in health and inequalities in income.