Politics and health outcomes
Politics and health outcomes
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DOI：
10.1016/s0140-6736(06)69341-0
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发表时间：
2006-09-16
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影响因子：
168.9
通讯作者：
Pasarin, M. Isabel
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作者：
Navarro, Vicente;Muntaner, Carles;Pasarin, M. Isabel
这项研究的目的是考察政治传统、政策和公共卫生结果之间的复杂相互作用，并找出不同的政治传统是否随着时间的推移与人口健康的系统模式相关联。我们分析了一组属于经济合作与发展组织(OECD)的富裕国家在50年期间的一些政治、经济、社会和健康变量。我们的发现支持这样一种假设，即执政党的政治意识形态影响人口健康的某些指标。我们的分析在政治和政策之间建立了一个经验联系，表明具有平等主义意识形态的政党倾向于实施再分配政策。我们研究的一个重要发现是，旨在减少社会不平等的政策，如福利国家和劳动力市场政策，似乎确实对选定的健康指标、婴儿死亡率和出生时预期寿命产生了有益的影响。
The aim of this study was to examine the complex interactions between political traditions, policies, and public health outcomes, and to find out whether different political traditions have been associated with systematic patterns in population health over time. We analysed a number of political, economic, social, and health variables over a 50-year period, in a set of wealthy countries belonging to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Our findings support the hypothesis that the political ideologies of governing parties affect some indicators of population health. Our analysis makes an empirical link between politics and policy, by showing that political parties with egalitarian ideologies tend to implement redistributive policies. An important finding of our research is that policies aimed at reducing social inequalities, such as welfare state and labour market policies, do seem to have a salutary effect on the selected health indicators, infant mortality and life expectancy at birth.