Health and public health policies have an intergenerational potential that is not dispensable, and it is necessary to consider the long-term effects of the decisions associated with these policies. The socio-economic determinants of health, the economic development and the sharing of resources have implications for the health of future generations and therefore deserve specific attention. In fact, in health, the benefits and contributions to health investments are captured differently throughout the life of each individual, but also between individuals of different generations. The potential discrepancies between the various generations therefore motivate the analysis of the evolution of intergenerational justice in health and the calculation of an intergenerational justice index.
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