relation: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/4074/
title: How Avoidable Mortality Affects Life Expectancy in East-Europe
creator: Vogelzang, Wouter C.
description: Major differences can be seen in healthcare systems in East-Europe, as well as between West -and East-Europe. Health is the most important aspect of overall living conditions of a human being. The European Union aims to improve these living conditions. This research aims to understand what the main pressure points in the quality of healthcare systems in East-Europe are. Furthermore, it compares EU member states to non-EU countries in the region and intends to give corresponding policy recommendations. It is embedded within the epidemiological transition theory and the Convergence-Divergence Framework and aims to identify frontrunners and followers within the region. Population and avoidable mortality data has been used to perform cause of death analyses to gain insights on quality of healthcare systems in East-Europe. The main pressure points of healthcare systems in East-Europe are circulatory diseases, whereas these are cancers in West-Europe. This is an indicator of East-Europe lacking behind West-Europe regarding health transition. Within the region, Slovenia is a frontrunner on healthcare, with Poland, Serbia, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Turkey, and Bosnia & Herzegovina closely following behind. The rest of the East-European region is lacking regarding their healthcare systems. Policy recommendations should focus on lowering preventable mortality yet focusing on amenable mortality might prove more successful in the short term. Further research on cultural -and lifestyle differences would be beneficial in implementing fitting policy.
date: 2022
type: Thesis
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: text
language: en
identifier: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/4074/1/How%20Avoidable%20Mortality%20Affects%20Life%20Expectancy%20in%20East-Europe%20-%20Wouter%20Vogelzang%20-%20S2593270.pdf
identifier:   Vogelzang, Wouter C.  (2022) How Avoidable Mortality Affects Life Expectancy in East-Europe.  Master thesis.