Schneider, Simone M.Roots, AveRathmann, Katharina2024-07-152024-07-152021Schneider SM, Roots A, Rathmann K. Health outcomes and health inequalities. In: Immergut EM, Anderson KM, Devitt C, Popic T, editors. Health politics in Europe: a handbook. Oxford: Oxford University; 2021. p. 32-48. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198860525.003.00029780198860525http://hdl.handle.net/10230/60752This chapter explains concepts and empirical variation regarding health outcomes, access to healthcare, and health inequalities. Access to healthcare is highlighted as a potential mediator or transition point linking characteristics of the broader policy context to health outcomes and their distribution across population groups. The chapter also discusses potential indicators and measurement issues considered relevant for cross-national comparative research and introduces the data sources and methodology for the figures that follow in the regional outlook and country chapters. It provides a short empirical overview of cross-national variation in health outcomes, health inequalities, and access to healthcare in Europe.application/pdfengSchneider SM, Roots A, Rathmann K, Health outcomes and health inequalities, Health politics in Europe: a handbook by/edited by Immergut EM, Anderson KM, Devitt C, Popic T, 2021, reproduced by permission of Oxford University Press https://academic.oup.com/book/41221/chapter/350692352.info:eu-repo/semantics/bookParthttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198860525.003.0002Health outcomesHealth inequalitiesAccessHealthcareUnmet needMeasurementEuropeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess