Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/70272 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 4137
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
The public health care systems in the Nordic countries provide high quality care almost free of charge to all citizens. However, social inequalities in health persist. Previous research has, for example, documented substantial educational inequalities in cancer survival. We investigate to what extent this may be driven by differential access to and utilization of high quality treatment options. Quasi-experimental evidence based on the establishment of regional cancer wards indicates that i) highly educated individuals utilized centralized specialized treatment to a greater extent than less educated patients and ii) the use of such treatment improved these patients' survival.
Subjects: 
education
health
inequality
JEL: 
I10
I20
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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