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