A fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis of 131 countries: which configuration of the structural conditions can explain health better?

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:According to the recommendations of the World Health Organization Commission On Social Determinants of Health (CSDH) for intersectoral action on health, the well-being of and equity in health within a population are achieved via a complex fusion of policies and actions. In this study, following the CSDH's approach and considering set-theoretic relations, we aimed to unravel this complexity and answer the kinds of questions that are outside the scope of conventional variable-oriented approach. METHODS:A fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis of 131 countries was conducted to examine the configurational effects of five macro-level structural conditions on life expectancy at birth. The potential causal conditions were level of country wealth, income inequality, quality of gover

SUBMITTER: Paykani T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5778742 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature