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The recent economic...
The recent economic recession and self-rated health in Estonia, Lithuania and Finland : a comparative cross-sectional study in 2004-2010
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- Reile, Rainer (author)
- University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Helakorpi, Satu (author)
- National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, Finland
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- Klumbiene, Jurate (author)
- Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Tekkel, Mare (author)
- National Institute for Health Development, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Leinsalu, Mall (author)
- Södertörns högskola,Sociologi,SCOHOST (Stockholm Centre for Health and Social Change),National Institute for Health Development, Tallinn, Estonia
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- 2014-07-16
- 2014
- English.
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In: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. - : BMJ. - 0143-005X .- 1470-2738. ; 68:11, s. 1072-1079
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- BACKGROUND: The late-2000s financial crisis had a severe impact on the national economies on a global scale. In Europe, the Baltic countries were among those most affected with more than a 20% decrease in per capita gross domestic product in 2008-2009. In this study, we explored the effects of economic recession on self-rated health in Estonia and Lithuania using Finland, a neighbouring Nordic welfare state, as a point of reference.METHODS: Nationally representative cross-sectional data for Estonia (n=10 966), Lithuania (n=7249) and Finland (n=11 602) for 2004-2010 were analysed for changes in age-standardised prevalence rates of less-than-good self-rated health and changes in health inequalities using logistic regression analysis.RESULTS: The prevalence of less-than-good self-rated health increased slightly (albeit not statistically significantly) in all countries during 2008-2010. This was in sharp contrast to the statistically significant decline in the prevalence of less-than-good health in 2004-2008 in Estonia and Lithuania. Health disparities were larger in Estonia and Lithuania when compared to Finland, but decreased in 2008-2010 (in men only). In Finland, both the prevalence of less-than-good health and health disparities remained fairly stable throughout the period.CONCLUSIONS: Despite the rapid economic downturn, the short-term health effects in Estonia and Lithuania did not differ from those in Finland, although the recession years marked the end of the previous positive trend in self-rated health. The reduction in health disparities during the recession indicates that different socioeconomic groups were affected disproportionately; however, the reasons for this require further research.
Subject headings
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Sociologi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Sociology (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning
- Baltic and East European studies
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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