Socioeconomic inequalities in chronic liver diseases and cirrhosis mortality in european urban areas before and after the onset of the 2008 economic recession Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Objective: To analyse the trends in chronic liver diseases and cirrhosis mortality, and the associated socioeconomic inequalities, in nine European cities and urban areas before and after the onset of the 2008 financial crisis. Methods: This is an ecological study of trends in three periods of time: two before (2000–2003 and 2004–2008), and one after (2009–2014) the onset of the economic crisis. The units of analysis were the geographical ...