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Litwin H, Sapir EV. Forgone health care due to cost among older adults in European countries and in Israel. Eur J Ageing. 2009;6(3):167-176doi: 10.1007/s10433-009-0126-8.
Litwin, H., & Sapir, E. V. (2009). Forgone health care due to cost among older adults in European countries and in Israel. European journal of ageing, 6(3), 167-176. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-009-0126-8
Litwin, Howard, and Sapir, Eliyahu V. "Forgone health care due to cost among older adults in European countries and in Israel." European journal of ageing vol. 6,3 (2009): 167-176. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-009-0126-8
Litwin H, Sapir EV. Forgone health care due to cost among older adults in European countries and in Israel. Eur J Ageing. 2009 Sep;6(3):167-176. doi: 10.1007/s10433-009-0126-8. PMID: 23293574; PMCID: PMC3535497.
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Eur J Ageing. 2009 Sep;6(3):167-176. doi: 10.1007/s10433-009-0126-8.

Forgone health care due to cost among older adults in European countries and in Israel.

European journal of ageing

Howard Litwin, Eliyahu V Sapir

Affiliations

  1. Israel Gerontological Data Center, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.

PMID: 23293574 PMCID: PMC3535497 DOI: 10.1007/s10433-009-0126-8

Abstract

This study sought to identify the principal factors that predict forgone health care due to cost among European and Israeli older adults. The analysis applied the Andersen-Newman model of health service utilization to data from the first wave of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (n = 28,849). Relinquished health care was regressed on the predisposing characteristics, need factors and economic access attributes of the respondents, in general, and in each of 12 countries, in particular. The results showed that forgone health care due to cost occurs among a substantial minority of older adults. Moreover, relinquished care is associated with younger old age, greater health needs and perceived economic inadequacy. Although statistically significant in certain cases, country of residence does not constitute a robust predictor of health care relinquishment. Social policy should address the antecedents of forgone health care in order to more effectively meet the health needs of the older population.

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