Regional health inequalities explained: empirical evidence from Czechia

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11310%2F19%3A10397759" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11310/19:10397759 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=2vl1DrNOHv" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=2vl1DrNOHv</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.37040/geografie2019124040365" target="_blank" >10.37040/geografie2019124040365</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Regional health inequalities explained: empirical evidence from Czechia

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Health outcomes in Central and Eastern Europe have been generally improving over the last two decades. However, in Czechia, similarly to other countries, the outcomes vary significantly across the regional dimension. In 2016, life expectancy at birth ranges between 75.5 and 80 years across 77 districts. This article empirically analyses determinants of these differences using a wide range of explanatory variables that are available on a district level. Applying factor analysis, our findings indicate that the socio-economic situation within a district is the main driver, explaining a difference of up to four years in life expectancy at birth. Further controlling for gender specific variables, the results suggest that for men, alcoholic consumption significantly reduces life expectancy. Both factors capturing socio-economic situation and alcoholic consumption exceed the impact of health care accessibility or environmental causes on life expectancy. The results remain robust when using more disaggregated information on 206 administrative districts as per geographic scale.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Regional health inequalities explained: empirical evidence from Czechia

Popis výsledku anglicky

Health outcomes in Central and Eastern Europe have been generally improving over the last two decades. However, in Czechia, similarly to other countries, the outcomes vary significantly across the regional dimension. In 2016, life expectancy at birth ranges between 75.5 and 80 years across 77 districts. This article empirically analyses determinants of these differences using a wide range of explanatory variables that are available on a district level. Applying factor analysis, our findings indicate that the socio-economic situation within a district is the main driver, explaining a difference of up to four years in life expectancy at birth. Further controlling for gender specific variables, the results suggest that for men, alcoholic consumption significantly reduces life expectancy. Both factors capturing socio-economic situation and alcoholic consumption exceed the impact of health care accessibility or environmental causes on life expectancy. The results remain robust when using more disaggregated information on 206 administrative districts as per geographic scale.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50701 - Cultural and economic geography

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2019

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Geografie: Sborník České geografické společnosti

ISSN

1212-0014

e-ISSN

2571-421X

Svazek periodika

124

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

4

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

19

Strana od-do

365-383

Kód UT WoS článku

000504824300001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85077305568