How social policies can improve financial accessibility of healthcare: A multi-level analysis of unmet medical need in European countries

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Israel, Sabine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Access to healthcare; EU SILC; Great Recession; Social expenditure; Unmet medical needs

Indexed keywords

COST ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPEAN UNION; FINANCIAL SERVICES; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; POLICY MAKING; VULNERABILITY; WELFARE REFORM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTHCARE; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURCHASING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; ECONOMICS; FEE; HEALTH CARE COST; POVERTY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

EUROPE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEES AND CHARGES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84960118893     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-016-0335-7     Document Type: Article

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