Health inequalities in Argentina and Italy : a comparative analysis of the relation between socio-economic and perceived health conditions

Abstract: In the literature there is a lack of investigation on health inequalities in South America and their differences with respect to those in the developed countries. Since Italy has recorded similar economic trends in recent years and has some similarities with Argentina, we decided to use th...

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Autores principales: Sarti, Simone, Rodríguez Espínola, Solange Sylvia
Formato: Artículo
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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DESIGUALDAD SANITARIA
ESTUDIO COMPARATIVO
SERVICIOS DE SALUD
DESIGUALDAD ECONOMICA
CLASES SOCIALES
Acceso en línea:https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/14380
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Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA) de Universidad Católica Argentina
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ESTUDIO COMPARATIVO
SERVICIOS DE SALUD
DESIGUALDAD ECONOMICA
CLASES SOCIALES
spellingShingle DESIGUALDAD SANITARIA
ESTUDIO COMPARATIVO
SERVICIOS DE SALUD
DESIGUALDAD ECONOMICA
CLASES SOCIALES
Sarti, Simone
Rodríguez Espínola, Solange Sylvia
Health inequalities in Argentina and Italy : a comparative analysis of the relation between socio-economic and perceived health conditions
topic_facet DESIGUALDAD SANITARIA
ESTUDIO COMPARATIVO
SERVICIOS DE SALUD
DESIGUALDAD ECONOMICA
CLASES SOCIALES
description Abstract: In the literature there is a lack of investigation on health inequalities in South America and their differences with respect to those in the developed countries. Since Italy has recorded similar economic trends in recent years and has some similarities with Argentina, we decided to use the Mediterranean country for comparative purposes. Our hypothesis was that, beyond structural differences, health inequalities present similar patterns in these two countries characterized by a capitalist economy. Social groups in advantaged educational and occupational positions exhibit better health than disadvantaged groups. We present some descriptive statistics on the overall situation in the two countries, and we then analyse data stemming from two surveys that collected individual information on social conditions and health statuses (OASD from 2010 to 2015, and “Multiscopo – Health condition and use of health services”, ISTAT 2013). The findings show that Argentina and Italy have different levels of wellbeing, mortality rates, and health services. But relative disparities in health seem very similar, confirming the hypothesis of Marmot (2017) about the general form of health inequalities. Manual and precarious workers (in particular unemployed persons) present systematically worse perceived health with respect to higher social classes.
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Rodríguez Espínola, Solange Sylvia
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Rodríguez Espínola, Solange Sylvia
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title Health inequalities in Argentina and Italy : a comparative analysis of the relation between socio-economic and perceived health conditions
title_short Health inequalities in Argentina and Italy : a comparative analysis of the relation between socio-economic and perceived health conditions
title_full Health inequalities in Argentina and Italy : a comparative analysis of the relation between socio-economic and perceived health conditions
title_fullStr Health inequalities in Argentina and Italy : a comparative analysis of the relation between socio-economic and perceived health conditions
title_full_unstemmed Health inequalities in Argentina and Italy : a comparative analysis of the relation between socio-economic and perceived health conditions
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