@article{ref1,
title="Rural-urban mortality inequalities in four Nordic welfare states",
journal="Scandinavian journal of public health",
year="2020",
author="Bremberg, Sven",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="In the Nordic countries, there are ambitious welfare policies that might reduce rural-urban health disparities.   AIM: To investigate the effect of population density on health in four Nordic countries.   METHODS: The health outcomes analysed were life expectancy and potential years of life lost. The effect of population density was appraised as the difference in life expectancy/ potential years of life lost by a 10-fold increase of population density.   RESULTS: In Finland, Norway and Sweden, mortality rates were consistently higher in less densely populated municipalities. These disparities increased over time. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The welfare efforts to offset rural-urban disparities have mostly not been sufficient.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1403-4948",
doi="10.1177/1403494820921684",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1403494820921684"
}