Educational inequalities in premature mortality by region in the Belgian population in the 2000s

• Main Authors: Françoise Renard (Author), Brecht Devleesschauwer (Author), Sylvie Gadeyne (Author), Jean Tafforeau (Author), Patrick Deboosere (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In Belgium, socio-economic inequalities in mortality have long been described at country-level. As Belgium is a federal state with many responsibilities in health policies being transferred to the regional levels, regional breakdown of health indicators is becoming increasingly r...