NATSAG UDVAL , URTNASAN TSEEGMED , NAMSRAI TSEDEVSUREN , CHOIJIR OUYNCHIMEG, IDERTSOG TUNGALAG
DOI: https://doi.org/The article focuses on comparing some social determinants of health in Northeast Asian Countries to find out similarities and differences in the indicators of the countries. Social determinants of health are a crucial and more important than health care and contribution of health system for health of the population.
The study is comparative and a quantitative study with multi-parameters on social determinants of health in Northern Asian countries. Data of the study is extracted from the report on Human Development Index 2020-2021, WHO, World Health Statistics 2022 and other available internationally recognized secondary data base.
The study consists of comparative analysis of social determinants of health, comparative analysis of environmental determinants of health and comparative analysis of health indicators in the countries of Northeast Asian Countries.
Study concludes that although the countries of the region belong to very high and high human development indexed countries there are big differences in GDP per capita and poverty related indicators that are signs of inequality and disparities in social determinants of health in the region. Environmental determinants in all countries have been worsening from 2020 to 2022, air pollution and climate change indices are big environmental determinants of health in the region that negatively result in health status of the population.
