The current paper attempts to study the issue of health inequalities both in its socio-economic and regional dimension. For this purpose a notional approach of health inequalities is provided based on the international and the greek bibliographical data basis in combination with a review of the most important scientific facts regarding the social inequalities impact on health level of the population. Next the imprinting of the problem in Greece is attempted particularly in its peripheral dimension by indicating the correlation of health indicators (indiscriminate death-rate, infant mortality and sickliness) and by development standard and the health service offer in various districts of the country. The main findings inferred by the above correlations relate to: a) the uneven development of the country; regions such as Ipeiros, Ionian Islands, Main Greece and Euvoia, Thrace and Peloponnese, b) the uneven and irrational health resources allocation in many districts, c) the differentiation in rates of standardized and infant mortality as well as in reason of sickiiness by region, d) the existence of high interregional patient flows towards urban centers of Athens and Thessalonica. Based on the above, there seems to be a causality relationship between the overall regional development and the sufficiency of health services whilst there seems to be a minor correlation between those factors and health indicators.
