TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Rural-urban mortality inequalities in four Nordic welfare states
JO  - Scandinavian journal of public health
A1  - Bremberg, Sven
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1403-4948
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1403494820921684
ID  - ref1
ER  -