Local Welfare Systems and Health Inequalities: The Effects of Institutional Overlapping and Local Variations.

ABSTRACT: A growing research agenda shows the importance of local welfare systems in understanding socio-spatial inequalities in health. Welfare services provided by local governments overlap with those provided by other levels of government. Thus, differences in the provision of welfare services between municipalities could explain differences in residents' health, moderating the magnitude of health inequalities if local governments deploy actions capable of positively influencing the social determinants of health. This article attempts to analyse this idea in the Spanish case, exploring the influence of local policies according to the orientation of municipal spending on three indicators of the population's health status: self-perceived health, healthy practices and activity limitations due to hea

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez-Garcia MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9739049 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature