Income-Related Health Inequalities under COVID-19 in Greece
This paper focuses on income-related health inequalities amid COVID‑19 in Greece. The prolonged crisis and the pandemic have exacerbated the socioeconomic risks in the country. A major implication is the sharp decline in incomes, which has worsened the health status and the access and use of healthc...
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Centro de Estudos Sociais da Universidade de Coimbra
2023-10-01
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| description | This paper focuses on income-related health inequalities amid COVID‑19 in Greece. The prolonged crisis and the pandemic have exacerbated the socioeconomic risks in the country. A major implication is the sharp decline in incomes, which has worsened the health status and the access and use of healthcare, especially among low and middle income individuals. We analyze the theoretical background on health inequalities and describe the dual shock to Greek society, both with the ongoing fiscal consolidation and the COVID-19 pandemic. By utilizing EU-SILC data through alternative techniques, we offer empirical estimates of the extent of health inequalities ranked by incomes. The empirical findings indicate a certain increase in income-based health inequalities over a critical period for Greece’s population. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b9ea0955cc774630abf5e7f51fa1d4892023-12-06T15:33:56ZengCentro de Estudos Sociais da Universidade de Coimbrae-cadernos ces1647-07372023-10-013910.4000/eces.8186Income-Related Health Inequalities under COVID-19 in GreeceStefanos PapanastasiouThis paper focuses on income-related health inequalities amid COVID‑19 in Greece. The prolonged crisis and the pandemic have exacerbated the socioeconomic risks in the country. A major implication is the sharp decline in incomes, which has worsened the health status and the access and use of healthcare, especially among low and middle income individuals. We analyze the theoretical background on health inequalities and describe the dual shock to Greek society, both with the ongoing fiscal consolidation and the COVID-19 pandemic. By utilizing EU-SILC data through alternative techniques, we offer empirical estimates of the extent of health inequalities ranked by incomes. The empirical findings indicate a certain increase in income-based health inequalities over a critical period for Greece’s population.http://journals.openedition.org/eces/8186COVID-19fiscal disciplineGreecehealth inequalityincome quintiles |
| spellingShingle | Stefanos Papanastasiou Income-Related Health Inequalities under COVID-19 in Greece e-cadernos ces COVID-19 fiscal discipline Greece health inequality income quintiles |
| title | Income-Related Health Inequalities under COVID-19 in Greece |
| title_full | Income-Related Health Inequalities under COVID-19 in Greece |
| title_fullStr | Income-Related Health Inequalities under COVID-19 in Greece |
| title_full_unstemmed | Income-Related Health Inequalities under COVID-19 in Greece |
| title_short | Income-Related Health Inequalities under COVID-19 in Greece |
| title_sort | income related health inequalities under covid 19 in greece |
| topic | COVID-19 fiscal discipline Greece health inequality income quintiles |
| url | http://journals.openedition.org/eces/8186 |
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