Gender differences in health expenditure determinants: A follow-up study
| Autor: | Nicola Nante, G. Carriero, M. Maccari, Massimo Barducci, Gabriele Messina, Cecilia Quercioli, F Nisticò |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Adult
Male Multivariate statistics Aging Health Status General Practice MEDLINE Affect (psychology) Drug Prescriptions Drug Costs Age and gender 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Quality of life Drug Therapy Rating scale General Practitioners Health care Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Aged 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine business.industry Follow up studies Age Factors Length of Stay Middle Aged Socioeconomic Factors Health Care Surveys General Health Professions Quality of Life Female Health Expenditures business Demography |
| Zdroj: | Health care for women international. 40(1) |
| ISSN: | 1096-4665 |
| Popis: | Researchers' aim was to investigate if patients/physicians characteristics could differently affect males/females health care expenditure. In 2009/2010, a health-related-quality-of-life (HRQL) measure was distributed to 887 general practitioners' (GP) patients in Siena's province-Italy. Severity of diseases was calculated through Cumulative Illness Rating Scale Severity Index (CIRS-SI). Information about GPs' gender and age and patients' gender, age, and socio-economic variables were recorded. 2012 data about pharmaceutical, outpatient and hospital expenditure were obtained. Multivariate regression was carried out. In males, hospital expenditure increased with higher CIRS-SI and female GP whilst in females it was not influenced by any of the variables. Outpatient and pharmaceutical expenditure increased with aging, higher CIRS-SI, and lower HRQL and education, both in males and females. Gender differences in health expenditure determinants emerged for hospital expenditure. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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