Inequalities in the burden of non-communicable diseases across European countries: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease 2019 study

• Published in: International Journal for Equity in Health
• Main Authors: Carlos Alexandre Soares Andrade, Nour Mahrouseh, Jonila Gabrani, Periklis Charalampous, Sarah Cuschieri, Diana Alecsandra Grad, Brigid Unim, Enkeleint A. Mechili, José Chen-Xu, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Gaetano Isola, Elena von der Lippe, Carl Michael Baravelli, Florian Fischer, Nanna Weye, Mirza Balaj, Romana Haneef, Mary Economou, Juanita A. Haagsma, Orsolya Varga
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2023
• Subjects: Health inequality; European Union; European Economic Area; Non-communicable diseases; DALY rate; Global Burden of Disease; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Daly; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-023-01958-8; https://doaj.org/article/1ee515e789a145a08893882faad1c1c9

Abstract Background Although overall health status in the last decades improved, health inequalities due to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) persist between and within European countries. There is a lack of studies giving insights into health inequalities related to NCDs in the European Economic Are...