Psychological barriers to take-up of healthcare and child support benefits in the Netherlands
We empirically test an integral model for healthcare and child support benefits take-up using a probability sample of the Dutch population ( N = 905). To examine how different psychological factors, in conjunction, explain take-up, we apply model averaging with Akaike’s Information Criterion (AIC C ). For both types of benefits, people’s perceptions of eligibility best explain take-up. For healthcare benefits, take-up also relates to perceptions of need. Exploratory analyses suggest that for healthcare benefits but not for child support benefits, executive functions, self-efficacy, fear of rec... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2023 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Journal of European Social Policy ; volume 33, issue 3, page 353-372 ; ISSN 0958-9287 1461-7269 |
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SAGE Publications
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Schlagwörter: | Management / Monitoring / Policy and Law / General Social Sciences |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27235211 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09589287231164343 |
We empirically test an integral model for healthcare and child support benefits take-up using a probability sample of the Dutch population ( N = 905). To examine how different psychological factors, in conjunction, explain take-up, we apply model averaging with Akaike’s Information Criterion (AIC C ). For both types of benefits, people’s perceptions of eligibility best explain take-up. For healthcare benefits, take-up also relates to perceptions of need. Exploratory analyses suggest that for healthcare benefits but not for child support benefits, executive functions, self-efficacy, fear of reclaims, financial stress, and welfare stigma explain perceived eligibility. We find no support for knowledge, support, and administrative burden as explanatory factors in take-up. We discuss the results in relation to the Capability Opportunity Motivation Behaviour (COM-B) model for developing behavioural change interventions.