Impact of financial crisis on selected health outcomes in Europe

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15510%2F14%3A33153769" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15510/14:33153769 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/cku042" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/cku042</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/cku042" target="_blank" >10.1093/eurpub/cku042</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Impact of financial crisis on selected health outcomes in Europe
Original language description
Background: A number of health outcomes were affected by previous financial crises, e.g. suicides, homicides and transport accident mortality. Aim of this study was to analyse the effects of the current financial crisis on selected health outcomes at population level in Europe. Methods: A mixed approach of ecologic and time trend design was applied, including correlation analysis. For eight countries, data on the economic situation (unemployment rate and economic growth) and health indicators (overall mortality, suicide and transport accident mortality) was drawn from EUROSTAT database for 2000-10. Spearman's rank correlation was applied to analyse the influence of social protection on the association between exposure and outcome variables. Results: The financial crisis had no visible effect on overall mortality in any of the eight countries until 2010. Transport accident mortality decreased in all eight countries, in the range of 18% in Portugal to 52% in Slovenia. In contrast, suicid
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
AK - Sport and leisure time activities
OECD FORD branch
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Project
<a href="/en/project/EE2.3.20.0171" target="_blank" >EE2.3.20.0171: Strengthening scientific potential of the research teams in promoting physical aktivity at Palacky University</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2014
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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