We estimate the income-related inequality in Sweden with respect to life-years and quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs). We use a large data set from Sweden with over 40,000 individuals followed up for 10-16 years, to estimate the survival and quality-adjusted survival in different income groups. For both life-years and QALYs, we discover inequalities in health favouring the higher income groups. For men (women) in the youngest age-group (20-29 years), the number of QALYs is 43.7 (45.7) in the lowest income decile and 47.2 (49.0) in the highest income decile. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V.
- Income-related inequality in life-years and quality-adjusted life-years
- Ulf-Göran Gerdtham - Stockholm School of Economics, Department of EconomicsMagnus Johannesson - Stockholm School of Economics, Department of Economics
- Journal of Health Economics, Vol.19(6), pp.1007-1026
- Department of Economics
- English
- Journal article