The out-of-pocket burden of chronic diseases: the cases of Belgian, Czech and German older adults
Abstract Background Out-of-pocket payments have a diverse impact on the burden of those with a higher morbidity or the chronically ill. As the prevalence of chronic diseases increases with age, older adults are a vulnerable group. The paper aims to evaluate the impact of chronic diseases on the out-of-pocket payments burden of the 50+ populations in Belgium, the Czech Republic and Germany. Methods Data from the sixth wave of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe is used. A two-part model with a logit model in the first part and a generalised linear model in the second part is a... Mehr ...
Verfasser: | |
---|---|
Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2021 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | BMC Health Services Research ; volume 21, issue 1 ; ISSN 1472-6963 |
Verlag/Hrsg.: |
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
|
Schlagwörter: | Health Policy |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26498148 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
Powered By: | BASE |
Link(s) : | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06259-w |