Socioeconomic Determinants of Health and Their Unequal Distribution in Poland.

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study is to identify inequities in the distribution of socioeconomic determinants of health within Poland and their impact on the health status of Poles, as measured by mortality rate. We hypothesised that (1) there are inequities in the socioeconomic characteristics within geographically defined population groups and (2) some socioeconomic determinants of health have a particularly strong impact on the health status of Poles. Poland is administratively divided into three levels: voivodeships, powiats and gminas. We used a dataset covering all 380 powiats in Poland for the year 2018. We employed a two-stage nested Theil index and Herfindahl-Hirschman Index. In order to identify which of these determinants has the strongest impact on health, we conducted a regression ana

SUBMITTER: Roj J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8536126 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature