000151441 001__ 151441 000151441 005__ 20251017144546.0 000151441 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1016/j.puhe.2016.01.013 000151441 0248_ $$2sideral$$a94572 000151441 037__ $$aART-2016-94572 000151441 041__ $$aeng 000151441 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-4368-2294$$aAisa, R.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000151441 245__ $$aDiscrimination and self-reported health for the Spanish Roma 000151441 260__ $$c2016 000151441 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000151441 5203_ $$aThe health of the Roma population has begun to receive attention from the EU candidates, following the Copenhagen Criteria, a set of conditions requiring respect for and protection of minorities that must be followed by all candidates for entry to the European Union. Several papers conclude that there exist ethnic health gaps for the Roma population, although not all of these studies include the same variables when measuring health.In 1948, the World Health Organization defined health as ‘a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease’. This open characterization expands the concept of health to include such pathological and clinical variables as chronic diseases, accidents, and disabilities, and subjective indicators.While Zeman et al. (2003)1 provide a broad review of the literature, focussing on the pathological and clinical differences in the Roma population, Koupilova et al. (2001)2 and Kolarcik et al. (2009)3 analyse health considering more dimensions: an individual''s physical condition, and self-reported health. This subjective variable, self-reported health, has been included in several studies as one important indicator. Koupilova et al. (2001)2 conclude that the health status of the Roma is inferior to that of the non-Roma in the Czech and Slovak Republics. Kolarcik et al. (2009)3 conclude that Slovakian Roma respondents reported poorer health and more accidents during the previous year than non-Roma respondents. The most common explanation for these health gaps is that minority groups have a socio-economic gap, as well as a lesser ability to purchase medications and medical procedures as required. While the former explanation can be applicable to the Spanish Roma population, the later cannot be a justification for lower self-reported health, because all Spanish residents have free access to the national health care services. 000151441 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby-nc-nd$$uhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es 000151441 590__ $$a1.538$$b2016 000151441 591__ $$aPUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH$$b82 / 157 = 0.522$$c2016$$dQ3$$eT2 000151441 591__ $$aPUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH$$b107 / 176 = 0.608$$c2016$$dQ3$$eT2 000151441 592__ $$a0.758$$b2016 000151441 593__ $$aPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health$$c2016$$dQ2 000151441 593__ $$aMedicine (miscellaneous)$$c2016$$dQ2 000151441 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion 000151441 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-5858-4975$$aLarramona, G.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000151441 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-9410-3531$$aPueyo, F.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000151441 7102_ $$14000$$2415$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Análisis Económico$$cÁrea Fund. Análisis Económico 000151441 773__ $$g134 (2016), 105-108$$pPublic health$$tPUBLIC HEALTH$$x0033-3506 000151441 8564_ $$s310665$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/151441/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yPostprint 000151441 8564_ $$s931462$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/151441/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yPostprint 000151441 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:151441$$particulos$$pdriver 000151441 951__ $$a2025-10-17-14:09:57 000151441 980__ $$aARTICLE