Self-perceived job insecurity and the demand for medical rehabilitation: Does fear of unemployment reduce health care utilization?

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 8-25

  Reichert, Arndt R ^a   Augurzky, Boris ^a   Tauchmann, Harald ^b  

^a RWI LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Health care utilization; Job worries; Medical rehabilitation; Moral hazard; Presenteeism; Sick leave; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JOB INSECURITY; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB SECURITY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; REHABILITATION; REHABILITATION CENTER; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORK; WORK ENVIRONMENT; AGE; GERMANY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEAR; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REHABILITATION; SEX FACTORS; SICK LEAVE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84916936840     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.2995     Document Type: Article

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