TY - JOUR
T1 - Socioeconomic status and health-care utilization
T2 - A study of the effects of low income, unemployment and hours of work on the demand for health care in the European Union
AU - Economou, Athina
AU - Nikolaou, Agelike
AU - Theodossiou, Ioannis
PY - 2008/12/1
Y1 - 2008/12/1
N2 - The purpose of this study was to shed light on the individual socioeconomic status and demographic determinants of the demand for health care in a cross-comparison study of nine European Union countries. It focuses on the effects of individual employment status on alternative indicators of demand for health care that constitutes a largely unexplored area. The evidence supports the existence of an employment status-demand for healthcare relationship, although it varies with respect to the type of health care examined and the institutional and environmental settings of the countries utilized in the study.
AB - The purpose of this study was to shed light on the individual socioeconomic status and demographic determinants of the demand for health care in a cross-comparison study of nine European Union countries. It focuses on the effects of individual employment status on alternative indicators of demand for health care that constitutes a largely unexplored area. The evidence supports the existence of an employment status-demand for healthcare relationship, although it varies with respect to the type of health care examined and the institutional and environmental settings of the countries utilized in the study.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=44049087748&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1258/hsmr.2007.007013
DO - 10.1258/hsmr.2007.007013
M3 - Article
C2 - 18275664
AN - SCOPUS:44049087748
SN - 0951-4848
VL - 21
SP - 40
EP - 59
JO - Health Services Management Research
JF - Health Services Management Research
IS - 1
ER -
