Healthcare and aging: do European Union countries differ?
Autor: | Henrique Barros, Ian Edwards, Elisabeth Ioannidi-Kapolou, Francisco Torres-González, Mirko Di Rosa, Mark Avery, Joaquim Soares, Mindaugas Stankunas, Jutta Lindert |
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Přispěvatelé: | Instituto de Saúde Pública |
Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Aging Service delivery framework Logistic regression Health Services Accessibility 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Patient satisfaction Nursing 030502 gerontology Surveys and Questionnaires Health care Humans Medicine media_common.cataloged_instance European Union 030212 general & internal medicine Healthcare Disparities European union Aged media_common Aged 80 and over business.industry Health Policy Elder abuse Odds ratio Middle Aged General Business Management and Accounting Confidence interval Europe Cross-Sectional Studies Logistic Models Social Class Female 0305 other medical science business Delivery of Health Care Demography |
Zdroj: | Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) instacron:RCAAP |
ISSN: | 0952-6862 |
Popis: | Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate socio-economic inequalities in the use, accessibility and satisfaction with health services amongst 60-84 year old people from seven European urban communities. Design/methodology/approach Data for this study were collected in 2009. The target population was people aged 60-84 years from Stuttgart (Germany), Athens (Greece), Ancona (Italy), Kaunas (Lithuania), Porto (Portugal), Granada (Spain) and Stockholm (Sweden). The total sample comprised 4,467 respondents with a mean response rate across these countries of 45.2 per cent. Findings The study demonstrated that the majority of respondents had contact with a health care provider within the last 12 months. The highest percentages were reported by respondents from Spain (97.8 per cent) and Portugal (97.7 per cent). The results suggest that 13.0 per cent of respondents had refrained from seeking care services. The highest rates were amongst seniors from Lithuania (24.0 per cent), Germany (16.2 per cent) and Portugal (15.4 per cent). Logistic regression suggests that seniors who refrained from seeking health care was statistically significant associated with those with higher levels of education (odds ratios (OR)=1.21; 95 per cent confidence intervals (CI)=1.01-1.25) and financial strain (OR=1.26; 95 per cent CI=1.16-1.37). Furthermore, the majority of respondents were satisfied with health care services. Originality/value The findings from the “Elder Abuse: a multinational prevalence survey” study indicate the existence of significant variations in use, accessibility and satisfaction with health services by country and for socio-economic factors related to organizing and financing of care systems. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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