Introduction: Many studies around the world are undertaken to establish the association
between deprivation and public health indicators. Both separate indicators (eg, income …

The inverse relationship between socioeconomic and health status has been well
established in the literature. Disparities in health status due to socioeconomic conditions are …

Health inequalities exist between nations, regions, and even smaller units. In societies
where social and economic structures change rapidly and continuously, analysis of health …

Deprivation indexes have been used to analyze various urban contexts in different areas of
the world. Argentina offers many examples of fragmented urban realities, as segregation …

In advanced societies, the right to health has a leading position within the instruments
enshrined in the human rights. All countries, including those at the top of economic …

Despite the progress of the information society, there are currently still notable differences
between the access to, and usage of, information and communication technologies (ICTs) …

The Argentinian case offers many examples of fragmented urban reality, whose deprivation
might be fruitfully analysed by deprivation indicators, according to a current trend in …

Objectives This study aimed to assess the impact of using different weighting procedures for
the German Index of Multiple Deprivation (GIMD) investigating their link to mortality rates …

Il Benessere Equo e Sostenibile nelle città (URBES) Report, drawn up by the Italian Institute
of Statistics (ISTAT) offers a set of relevant indicators to assess the quality of life (QoL) in …

Country Risk (CR) is a relevant instrument to analyze and understand economic
performances and relationships between different countries in the actual economic and …