Looking beyond the veil of the European crisis--the need to uncover the structural causes of health inequalities.

Antonio Escolar Pujolar,Miguel San Sebastian,Amaia Bacigalupe

doi:10.1186/s12939-016-0329-5

Abstract

Looking beyond the veil of the European crisis : the need to uncover the structural causes of health inequalities

Highlights

We are happy to announce the second cluster of papers around the economic crisis and its impact on health in Europe in our journal, the International Journal for Equity in Health
* Correspondence: miguel.sansebastian@umu.se 3Epidemiology and Global Health, Department of Clinical Medicine and Public Health, Umeå university, Umeå, Sweden Full list of author information is available at the end of the article austerity, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), are beginning to recognize that these harsh measures have not led to the expected results, and have harmed both growth and equality [5]
Escolar Pujolar et al International Journal for Equity in Health (2016) 15:39 the health of the different populations that live in Europe and what does this mean for the growing levels of inequalities among the different social groups?

Summary

Introduction

We are happy to announce the second cluster of papers around the economic crisis and its impact on health in Europe in our journal, the International Journal for Equity in Health. Aiming to overcome the crisis under a neoliberal development model, most of the governments across the region implemented austerity policies based on regressive tax structures and deep spending cuts, to public services such as education, health and social security.

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