• 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 ...
    • 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 ...