Reference : The Role of Country-Level Availability and Generosity of Healthcare Services, and Old...

	Document type :	Scientific journals : Article
	Discipline(s) :	Social & behavioral sciences, psychology : Sociology & social sciences
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/50863

Title :	The Role of Country-Level Availability and Generosity of Healthcare Services, and Old-Age Ageism for Missed Healthcare during the COVID-19 Pandemic Control Measures in Europe
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Settels, Jason [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Social Sciences (DSOC) >]
	Leist, Anja [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Social Sciences (DSOC) >]
Publication date :	23-Apr-2022
Journal title :	Journal of Aging and Health
Publisher :	SAGE Publications
Peer reviewed :	Yes (verified by ORBilu)
ISSN :	0898-2643
City :	New York
Country :	United States
Keywords :	[en] health system preparedness ; COVID-19 pandemic control measures ; missed healthcare ; ageism ; education
Abstract :	[en] Objectives: The effects of the COVID-19 outbreak on non-COVID-19-related healthcare need further investigation. Methods: Using the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe’s COVID-19 module (2020) (N = 57,025), country-level data from the European Social Survey (2008) and OECD (2020), and logistic regressions, this study examines predictors of older Europeans’ forgone, postponed, and denied healthcare during the pandemic. Results: Country-level availability of physicians, healthcare systems’ generosity, and beliefs that older persons burden healthcare systems all increased forgone healthcare. Healthcare system generosity increased postponed and denied healthcare. Greater medical resources decreased denied healthcare. Furthermore, missed healthcare varied by individual-level gender (higher rates among women), age, education, and health. Discussion: This study reveals predictors of missed healthcare during the pandemic. To decrease unintended health consequences of a pandemic, both individual-level determinants, such as gender and health, and contextual-level determinants, such as healthcare systems’ characteristics, should be considered in research and practice.
Research centres :	Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE) > PEARL Institute for Research on Socio-Economic Inequality (IRSEI)
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/50863
DOI :	10.1177/08982643221087097

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