Social determinants of health and inequality measures

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Article

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STATISTICA & APPLICAZIONI

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Open Access

Title

Social determinants of health and inequality measures

Authors

Alberto Franci, Pietro Renzi

Publisher

Vita e Pensiero

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12-2021

Doi

10.26350/999999_000040

Issn

1824-6672 (print) | 2283-6659 (digital)

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Across the healthcare landscape, it is now widely understood that Social Determinants Of Health (SDOH) have a major impact on health outcomes, care quality and medical costs. Individuals’ race, ethnicity, education, income level or geographical location often have more influence on their physical and mental health than clinical factors. Therefore, to improve their populations’ health local health authorities will have to make a concerted effort to better address these social determinants. A key aim of this research was to identify and investigate the principal conceptual frameworks of SDOH used in the current literature, and to contribute to the ongoing debate about practicable measures which could be used for monitoring purposes and so alert Countries, Regions and Small States to where action or further research should be focused. European, Italian and Marche Region’s data were used in analyses, with he relevant inequality measures applied to identify underprivileged populations in different territories.

keywords

Health Inequalities, Social Determinants of Health, Summary Measures of Health Inequalities, Life Expectancy at Birth.

Authors biography

Pietro Renzi: Dipartimento di Economia, Scienze e Diritto - Universita` della Repubblica di San Marino - via Consiglio dei Sessanta, 99 - 47890 DOGANA DI REP. DI SAN MARINO (e-mail: pietro.renzi@unirsm.sm).
Alberto Franci: Dipartimento di Economia, Societa` e Politica - Universita` di Urbino - via A. Saffi, 42 - 61029 URBINO (e-mail: alberto.franci@uniurb.it).

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