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Higher age and longer distances have increased the national health inequality

The citizens in the countryside is basically disadvantaged compared to citizens in the big cities because the consumption of healthcare decreases as the distance to a bigger city increases.

Professor at the Unit for health promotion Research, University of Southern Denmark, Pernille Tanggard Andersen explains the problimatic inequality in the health of the Danes - and points at the opportunities we have to do something about it. Read the news at "Landdistrikternes Fællesråds" website.

Editing was completed: 22.03.2022