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Health care utilization among immigrants and native-born populations in 11 European countries. Results from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe

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    Identifier:  PC:2378
    Authors:  Crimmins, Eileen M.; Guillén, Montserrat; Solé-Auró, Aïda
    Abstract:
    Objective: This study examines health care utilization of immigrants relative to the native-born populations aged 50 years and older in eleven European countries. Methods. We analyzed data from the Survey of Health Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) from 2004 for a sample of 27,444 individuals in 11 European countries. Negative Binomial regression was conducted to examine the difference in number of doctor visits, visits to General Practitioners (GPs), and hospital stays between immigrants and the native-born individuals. Results: We find evidence those immigrants above age 50 use health services on average more than the native-born populations with the same characteristics. Our models show immigrants have between 6% and 27% more expected visits to the doctor, GP or hospital stays when compared to native-born populations in a number of European countries. Discussion: Elderly immigrant populations might be using health services more intensively due to cultural reasons.
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    Publisher: Xarxa de Referència en Economia Aplicada (XREAP)
    Date: 2009-10
    Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/2072/42106
    Departament/Institute: Xarxa de Referència en Economia Aplicada (XREAP)
    Language: eng
    Author: Crimmins, Eileen M., Guillén, Montserrat, Solé-Auró, Aïda
    Relation: XREAP 2009;10
    Format: application/pdf, 126757 bytes, 39 p.
  • Keywords:

    33 - Economia
    314 - Demografia
    311 - Estadística
    Països de la Unió Europea
    Models economètrics
    Immigrants
    Població
    Serveis sanitaris
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