The Co-existence of Health Equity and Welfare State

Authors: Jorge Mandl Stangl*

DOI: 10.23880/jqhe-16000433

Volume 8, Issue 1

Abstract

The gradual construction of health - as a fundamental right - and equity as an opportunity to reach its full potential, represents the fair and organised way to eliminate systemic disparities in health/well-being resulting from poor overall living conditions between groups with different levels of underlying social advantage/disadvantage and which are determined by biological, political, legal and economic factors; together with the social norms and institutional mechanisms that control the distribution of power, resources and responsibilities. This

Keywords: Health Equity; Health Disparities; Welfare State; Public Policies

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