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abstract: 'On 20 March 2015, Professor Johan Mackenbach of the Erasmus University
Medical Centre was awarded a doctorate honoris causa by the Catholic
University (Universite Catholique) of Louvain, Belgium, for his
outstanding contribution to the analysis of health inequalities in
Europe and to the development of policies intended to address them. In
this context, a debate took place between Professor Mackenbach,
Professor Maniquet, a well-being economist, and a representative of the
Federal Health Ministry (Mr. Brieuc Vandamme). They were asked to debate
on three topics. (1) socio-economic inequalities in health are not
smaller in countries with universal welfare policies; (2) Policies needs
to target either absolute inequalities or relative inequalities; (3) The
focus of policies should either address the social determinants of
health or concentrate on access to health care. The results of the
debate by the three speakers highlighted the fact that welfare systems
have not been able to tackle diseases of affluence. Targets for health
policies should be set according to opportunity cost: health care is
increasingly costly and a focus on health inequalities above all other
inequalities runs the risk of taking a dogmatic approach to well-being.
Health is only one dimension of well-being and policies to address
inequality need to balance preferences between several dimensions of
well-being. Finally, policymakers may not have that much choice when it
comes to reducing inequality: all effective policies should be
implemented. For example, Belgium and other European countries should
not leave aside health protection policies that are evidence-based, in
particular taxes on tobacco and alcohol. In his final contribution,
Professor Mackenbach reminded the audience that politics is medicine on
a larger scale and stated that policymakers should make more use of
research into public health.'
affiliation: 'Lorant, V (Corresponding Author), Catholic Univ Louvain, IRSS, Inst
Hlth \& Soc, Clos Chapelle Aux Champs,30 Bte B1-30-15, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium.
Lorant, Vincent; D''Hoore, William, Catholic Univ Louvain, IRSS, Inst Hlth \& Soc,
B-1200 Brussels, Belgium.'
article-number: '97'
author: Lorant, Vincent and D'Hoore, William
author-email: vincent.lorant@uclouvain.be
author_list:
- family: Lorant
given: Vincent
- family: D'Hoore
given: William
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1186/s12939-015-0242-3
files: []
issn: 1475-9276
journal: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR EQUITY IN HEALTH
keywords: Health inequalities; Health policies; Stakeholders
keywords-plus: 'WIDENING SOCIOECONOMIC INEQUALITIES; CAUSE-SPECIFIC MORTALITY; LIFE
EXPECTANCY; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; INCOME INEQUALITY;
EDUCATIONAL-DIFFERENCES; POPULATION HEALTH; EXPLANATION; SMOKING; TRENDS'
language: English
month: OCT 17
number-of-cited-references: '30'
orcid-numbers: /0000-0002-2663-332X
papis_id: dfa520212cc2e413754d3af3433c9873
ref: Lorant2015johanmackenbach
times-cited: '0'
title: Johan Mackenbach, awarded an honorary doctorate for his work on health inequalities,
in a discussion of burning issues in tackling health inequalities
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:000363012100001
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '8'
volume: '14'
web-of-science-categories: Public, Environmental \& Occupational Health
year: '2015'