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ACTA MEDICA PORTUGUESA
卷 30, 期 1, 页码 17-25出版社
ORDEM MEDICOS
DOI: 10.20344/amp.7387
关键词
Europe; Health Services Accessibility; Health Status Disparities; Portugal; Socioeconomic Factors; Surveys and; Questionnaires
资金
- Portuguese funds through FCT - Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia [UID/BIM/04293/2013]
- FCT - Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia [PTDC/SAU-EPI/113424/2009, SFRH/BD/82529/2011]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [SFRH/BD/82529/2011, PTDC/SAU-EPI/113424/2009] Funding Source: FCT
Introduction: Tackling socioeconomic health inequalities is a big public health challenge and ecological deprivation indexes are essential instruments to monitor and understand them. In Portugal, no standard ecological deprivation index exists, contrasting with other countries. We aimed to describe the construction of the Portuguese version of a transnational deprivation index, European Deprivation Index. Material and Methods: The European Deprivation Index was developed under the Townsend theorization of deprivation. Using data from the European Union -Statistics on Income and Living Conditions Survey, we obtained an indicator of individual deprivation. This indicator became the gold-standard variable, based on what we selected the variables at aggregate level (census) to be included in the European Deprivation Index, a total of eight. The European Deprivation Index was produced for the smallest area unit possible (n = 16 094, mean/area = 643 inhabitants) and resulted from the weighted sum of the previous variables. It was then classified into quintiles. Results: The first quintile (least deprived) comprised 20.9% national population and the fifth quintile (most deprived) 18.0%. The European Deprivation Index showed a clear geographic pattern -most deprived areas concentrated in the South and in the inner North and Centre of the country, and the least deprived areas in the coastal areas of North and Centre and in the Algarve. Discussion: The development of the European Deprivation Index was grounded on a solid theoretical framework, individual and aggregate variables, and on a longitudinal Europe-wide survey allowing its replication over the time and in any European country. Conclusion: Hopefully, the European Deprivation Index will start being employed by those interested in better understand health inequalities not only in Portugal but across Europe.
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