March 2018
SPECIAL ISSUE 1

Health inequality in Germany and in an international comparison: trends and developments over time

Special Issue 1/2018 reports on time trends in health inequalities in Germany over the past decades. In addition, the results are placed within the context of the latest international research.

From a public health and health policy perspective, reducing these health inequalities is an important goal. Insights into developments and trends in health inequalities over time can contribute towards highlighting new and emerging problems, and can thus help identify possible target groups and settings for relevant interventions. At the same time, these insights provide a basis upon which the success of policies and programmes that have already been implemented can be analysed and measured.