Economic conditions, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease: analysis of the Icelandic economic collapse
| Autor: | Stefan Hrafn Jonsson, Kristín Helga Birgisdóttir, Tinna Laufey Ásgeirsdóttir |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Hagfræðideild (HÍ), Faculty of Economics (UI), Félags- og mannvísindadeild (HÍ), Faculty of Social and Human Sciences (UI), Félagsvísindasvið (HÍ), School of Social Sciences (UI), Háskóli Íslands, University of Iceland |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Mediation (statistics)
Economic growth Heilsufar Economic downturn media_common.quotation_subject Logit Iceland Economic collapse 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Recession Crisis 03 medical and health sciences Economic conditions 0302 clinical medicine ddc:330 medicine Economics 030212 general & internal medicine Efnahagskreppur Collapse (medical) media_common lcsh:R5-920 Health economics Research Health Policy Prolonged exposure Bankahrunið 2008 humanities language.human_language Efnahagsmál Háþrýstingur Hypertension Economic recovery language population characteristics medicine.symptom lcsh:Medicine (General) Icelandic Demography |
| Zdroj: | Health Economics Review, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-21 (2017) Health Economics Review |
| ISSN: | 2191-1991 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s13561-017-0157-3 |
| Popis: | Previous research has found a positive short-term relationship between the 2008 collapse and hypertension in Icelandic males. With Iceland's economy experiencing a phase of economic recovery, an opportunity to pursue a longer-term analysis of the collapse has emerged. Using data from a nationally representative sample, fixed-effect estimations and mediation analyses were performed to explore the relationship between the Icelandic economic collapse in 2008 and the longer-term impact on hypertension and cardiovascular health. A sensitivity analysis was carried out with pooled logit models estimated as well as an alternative dependent variable. Our attrition analysis revealed that results for cardiovascular diseases were affected by attrition, but not results from estimations on the relationship between the economic crisis and hypertension. When compared to the boom year 2007, our results point to an increased probability of Icelandic women having hypertension in the year 2012, when the Icelandic economy had recovered substantially from the economic collapse in 2008. This represents a deviation from pre-crisis trends, thus suggesting a true economic-recovery impact on hypertension. The project was funded by the Icelandic Research Fund (IRF grant number 130611-052) and The University of Iceland Eimskip Fund. The data collection was financed and carried out by the Directorate of Health Iceland (and formerly the Public Health Institute of Iceland). The authors would like to thank the Directorate for access to the data. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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