Diseguaglianze in salute: un aggiornamento dai dati dell’European Health Interview Survey

[Machine translation] The determinants of health have deep roots, linked to the individual's lifestyle starting from the years of very early childhood. This evidence has been explained very well by Michael Grossman, one of the most prestigious health economists, in an article published in the Journal of Political Economy in 1972. In very simple words, the so-called 'Grossman model' explains the following: the level of health at any age depends on choices made during previous years, starting with childhood, when parents invest in their children's education. Other things being equal, the higher the level of education, the better the income and work position, with positive consequences on lifestyle and on the possibility of enjoying good health in adulthood and in old age., Since the development of this model, there have been many studies on determinants of health linked to socioeconomic factors: generalized evidence tells us that those with a higher income and/or a degree of education, The higher they live longer and with a better quality of life. This article is part of this line of literature and seeks to analyze the health inequalities of the elderly Italian population due to socioeconomic factors. The data are extracted from the European Health Interview Survey (EHIS) and, the reference year is 2019.