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01-05-2015 | Original Article

Socioeconomic inequalities show remarkably poor association with health and disease in Southern Croatia

Authors: Ana Stipčić, Tanja Ćorić, Marijan Erceg, Frane Mihanović, Ivana Kolčić, Ozren Polašek

Published in: International Journal of Public Health | Issue 4/2015

Abstract

Objectives

This study aimed at investigating the association of socioeconomic status and health outcomes in populations of the two remote Croatian islands and one coastal city.

Methods

Medical history and survey information were used to create 33 variables that were analysed using logistic regression. The population from the island of Vis was followed up and mortality data were used to calculate hazard ratios using Cox regression.

Results

Socioeconomic inequalities were poorly associated with health and disease indices. In the matrix of 33 outcome variables and 13 socioeconomic predictor classes, only 10 associations were significant at the level of P < 0.001. None of the associations was replicated across samples. We did not detect the association of any socioeconomic estimate with mortality data for the island of Vis.

Conclusions

Homogenous island populations were expected to have greater levels of social homogeneity and consequently less expressed inequalities in health. The lack of stronger association in the urban population of Split is likely the result of the mechanisms that persisted from the former communist regime and high level of retained formal and informal social support.

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Title: Socioeconomic inequalities show remarkably poor association with health and disease in Southern Croatia
Authors: Ana Stipčić
Tanja Ćorić
Marijan Erceg
Frane Mihanović
Ivana Kolčić
Ozren Polašek
Publication date: 01-05-2015
Publisher: Springer Basel
Published in: International Journal of Public Health / Issue 4/2015
Print ISSN: 1661-8556
Electronic ISSN: 1661-8564
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-015-0667-x

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