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Health differences between European countries.

Karen M Olsen1, Svenn-Age Dahl

  • 1SNF, Bergen, Norway. karenm.olsen@snf.no

Social Science & Medicine (1982)
|January 26, 2007
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Individual and societal factors significantly impact self-reported health across Europe. Socioeconomic development is key, but Eastern European nations report poorer health outcomes.

Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Sociology
  • Health Economics

Background:

  • Self-reported health is a crucial indicator of population well-being.
  • Understanding determinants of health at individual and societal levels is vital for policy development.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the influence of individual and country-level factors on self-reported health in 21 European countries.
  • To identify key socioeconomic and societal predictors of subjective health status.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized hierarchical modeling on data from the European Social Survey (ESS) 2003 (N=38,472).
  • Analyzed individual characteristics (age, education, employment, etc.) and country-level factors (GDP, health expenditure, social capital).

Main Results:

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  • Individual factors like education, economic satisfaction, and employment status significantly correlate with health.
  • Socioeconomic development (GDP per capita) emerged as the strongest country-level predictor of better health.
  • Individuals in Eastern European countries reported the poorest health outcomes.

Conclusions:

  • Both individual circumstances and national socioeconomic development play substantial roles in shaping health.
  • Macro-level factors explain 40% of the variance in health outcomes between countries, highlighting the importance of societal conditions.