Social and economic changes and health in Europe East and West

Content Provider	Scilit
Author	Marmot, Michael Bobak, Martin
Copyright Year	2005
Description	The health status of populations of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union underwent major changes after the fall of communism. While mortality started declining in Central Europe, mortality in Russia and most other countries of the former Soviet Union rose dramatically and has yet to improve. In terms of the socioeconomic changes, some countries (mainly Central Europe) were able to contain the fall in income and rise in income inequalities, but across the former Soviet Union gross domestic product plummeted and income inequality grew rapidly. This led to two types of inequality: first, the widening gap in mortality between countries, and second, the increasing social gradient in health and disease within countries. The thrust of our argument is that the disadvantages in health in Eastern Europe, and the growing social inequalities in health in the region, are direct results of the social changes, and that psychosocial factors played a pivotal role in the health pattern seen in Central and Eastern Europe.
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Ending Page	31
Page Count	17
Starting Page	15
ISSN	10627987
e-ISSN	14740575
DOI	10.1017/s1062798705000037
Journal	European Review
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	13
Language	English
Publisher	Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publisher Date	2005-02-01
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	European Review Health Policy and Services Biomedical Social Sciences Soviet Union Former Soviet Eastern Europe
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Geography, Planning and Development Political Science and International Relations