Socioeconomic inequality in health in older adults in Brazil.

Autor:	Pérez RA; Posgraduate Program in Economics, Federal University of Pelotas (Universidade Federal de Pelotas - UFPel), Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil., Tejada CAO; Posgraduate Program in Economics, Federal University of Pelotas (Universidade Federal de Pelotas - UFPel), Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil., Triaca LM; Posgraduate Program in Economics, Federal University of Pelotas (Universidade Federal de Pelotas - UFPel), Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.; Department of Economics, Federal University of Rio Grande Foundation (Fundação Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG), Rio Grande, Brazil., Bertoldi AD; Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas (Universidade Federal de Pelotas - UFPel), Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil., Dos Santos AMA; Posgraduate Program in Economics, Federal University of Alagoas (Universidade Federal de Alagoas - UFAL), Maceió, Brazil.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Dialogues in health [Dialogues Health] 2022 Apr 12; Vol. 1, pp. 100009. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Apr 12 (Print Publication: 2022).
DOI:	10.1016/j.dialog.2022.100009
Abstrakt:	Objective: This study analyzed socioeconomic inequality in self-rated health for older adults (aged fifty or over) in Brazil. Methods: Data from the 2015-2016 Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-Brazil). Socioeconomic inequality in self-rated health was measured using the concentration index, which was decomposed to analyze the contribution of different factors. Results: This study revealed that 11.5% of the older adults interviewed reported their health as poor and very poor. For the complete sample, the estimated concentration index, -0.2434, indicated that there is a concentration of poor and very poor self-rated health among older and poorer adults. Income, education and having a private health insurance plan are the factors that contributed most to the observed inequality. Discussion: The decomposition showed that there are avoidable inequalities in relation to socioeconomic status for older adults in Brazil. These factors can guide the formulation of social and health policies aimed at reducing health inequalities. Competing Interests: None. (© 2022 The Authors.)
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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