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Changes in life expectancy and lifespan variability by income quartiles in four Nordic countries: a study based on nationwide register data
Brønnum-Hansen, Henrik; Östergren, Olof; Tarkiainen, Lasse; Hermansen, Åsmund; Martikainen, Pekka; Wel, Kjetil A. van der; Lundberg, Olle (BMJ Open;Volume 11, Issue 6, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-06-29)Objectives: Levels, trends or changes in socioeconomic mortality differentials are typically described in terms of means, for example, life expectancies, but studies have suggested that there also are systematic social ... -
Contribution of smoking and alcohol consumption to income differences in life expectancy: Evidence using Danish, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish register data
Östergren, Olof; Martikainen, Pekka; Tarkiainen, Lasse; Elstad, Jon Ivar; Brønnum-Hansen, Henrik (Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health; Volume 73, Issue 4, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background: Despite being comparatively egalitarian welfare states, the Nordic countries have not been successful in reducing health inequalities. Previous studies have suggested that smoking and alcohol contribute to this ... -
A gold mine, but still no Klondike: Nordic register data in health inequalities research
van der Wel, Kjetil A.; Östergren, Olof; Lundberg, Olle; Korhonen, Kaarina; Martikainen, Pekka; Andersen, Anne-Marie Nybo; Urhoj, Stine Kjaer (Scandinavian Journal of Public Health;Vol 47, Issue 6, 2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-07-10)Aims: Future research on health inequality relies on data that cover life-course exposure, different birth cohorts and variation in policy contexts. Nordic register data have long been celebrated as a ‘gold mine’ for ... -
Income security in Nordic welfare states for men and women who died when aged 55–69 years old
Elstad, Jon Ivar; Hermansen, Åsmund; Brønnum-Hansen, Henrik; Martikainen, Pekka; Östergren, Olof; Tarkiainen, Lasse (Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy;Volume 35, 2019 - Issue 2, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-03-19)Income security when health impairment or other social risks occur is a major objective of welfare states. This comparative study uses register data from four Nordic welfare states for examining equivalized disposable ...