Differences in Health : The Influence of Gender and Institutional Settings on Sickness Claims in Gothenburg, Sweden (1898–1950)
Sickness funds information has given conflicting evidence on the evolution of morbidity during the mortality decline. Evidence on increased morbidity has been explained by an actual increase of morbidity, a cultural inflation of morbidity or changing institutional settings, however, morbidity rates have also been shown to be stable over time when age composition of members is controlled for. Most
