This study examines the association between wealth and health across Europe and the USA.ĭata and MethodsData comprised nationally representative samples of men and women aged 50–74 who participated in the 2004 cross‐sectional Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (n = 21 569), the English Longitudinal study of Ageing (n = 8680), and the United States Health and Retirement survey (n = 13 667). Mackenbach 1.ġDepartment of Public Health, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USAīackground and ObjectivesThere are enormous variations across countries in wealth and wealth inequality, but it is not known whether these translate into variations in the distribution of health. 001 Wealth and health in Europe and the USA: a comparative analysis
