Income and health care utilization among the 50+ in Europe and the US

Applied Econometrics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 3-22

  Majo, M C ^a   Van Soest, A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Health care demand; HRS; SHARE; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978988928     PISSN: 19937601     EISSN: 24106445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Banks J., Marmot M., Oldfield Z., Smith J.P. (2009), The SES health gradient on both sides of the Atlantic. In: D. Wise (ed.), Developments in the Economics of Aging, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 359–406.
2. Börsch-Supan A., Brugiavini A., Jürges H., Mackenbach J., Siegrist J., Weber G. (eds.) (2005). Health, ageing and retirement in Europe. First results from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe. Mannheim Research Institute for Economics of Ageing (MEA), Mannheim. http://www.share-project.org/fileadmin/pdf_documentation/FRB1/FRB1_all_chapters.pdf.
3. Börsch-Supan A., Jürges H. (eds.) (2005). Health, ageing and retirement in Europe — methodology. Mannheim Research Institute for Economics of Ageing (MEA), Mannheim. http://www.share-project.org/uploads/tx_sharepublications/SHARE_BOOK_METHODOLOGY_Wave1.pdf.
4. Busse R., Schreyögg J., Smith P. C. (2008). Variability in healthcare treatment costs amongst nine EU countries — results from the HealthBASKET project. Health Economics, 17, S1, S1–S8.
5. Deaton A. (2002). Policy implications of the gradient of health and wealth. Health Affairs, 21 (2), 13–30.
6. Docteur E., Oxley H. (2003). Health-care systems: Lessons from the reform experience. OECD Health Working Paper Series 9.
7. European Commission. (2001). The future of health care and care for the elderly: guaranteeing accessibility, quality and financial viability. Commission of the European Communities, Brussels. http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2001:0723:FIN:EN:PDF.
8. Fabbri D., Monfardini C. (2002). Public vs. private health care services demand in Italy. Giornale degli Economisti e Annali di Economia, 62 (1), 93–123.
9. Grossman M. (1972). On the concept of health capital and the demand for health. The Journal of Political Economy, 80 (2), 223–255.
10. Grossman M. (2000). The human capital model. In: Culyer A. J., Newhouse J. P. (eds.). Handbook of Health Economics, 347–408. Elsevier, Amsterdam.
11. Jimenez-Martin S., Labeaga J. M., Martínez-Granado M. (2004). An empirical analysis of the demand of physician services across the European Union. European Journal of Health Economics, 5 (2), 150–165.
12. Jones A. M., Koolman X., van Doorslaer E. (2006). The impact of supplementary private health insurance on the use of specialists in selected European countries. Annales d’Economie ey Statistique, 83/84, 251–275.
13. Maurer J. (2007). Modelling socioeconomic and health determinants of health care use: a semiparamet-ric approach. Health Economics, 16 (9), 967–979.
14. OECD. (2004). OECD Health Data 2004: A comparative analysis of 30 countries. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris.
15. OECD. (2007). OECD Health Data 2007. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris.
16. Oliver A., Mossialos E. (2008). Equity of access to health care: Outlining the foundations for action. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 58 (8), 655–658.
17. Sen A. (2002). Why health equity? Health Economics, 11 (8), 659–666.
18. Smith J. P. (1999). Healthy bodies and thick wallets: The dual relationship between health and economic status. The Journal of Economic Perspectives, 13 (2), 145–166.
19. Stargardt T. (2008). Health service costs in Europe: Cost and reimbursement of primary hip replacement in nine countries. Health Economics, 17 (S1), S9–S20.
20. Tan S. S., Redekop W. K., Rutten F. H. (2008). Costs and prices of single dental fillings in Europe: A micro-costing study. Health Economics, 17 (S1), S83–S93.
21. US Census Bureau. (2006). Income, poverty, and health insurance coverage in the United States: 2005. Current Population Reports, P60–231. Washington, DC.
22. US Department of Health and Human Services (2000). Healthy People 2010. National health promotion and disease prevention objectives. US Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Washington, DC.
23. Van Doorslaer E., Masseria C., Koolman X. (2006). Inequalities to access in medical care by income in developed countries. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 174 (2), 177–183.
24. Van Doorslaer E., Wagstaff A., van der Burg H., Christiansen T., De Graeve D., Duchesne I., Gerdtham U., Gerfin M., Geurts J., Gross L., Hakkinen U., John J., Klavus J., Leu R. E., Nolan B., O’Donnel O., Prop-per C., Puffer F., Schellhorn M., Sundberg G., Winkelhake O. (2000). Equity in the delivery of health care in Europe and the US. Journal of Health Economics, 19 (5), 553–583.
25. WHO. (2004). World report on knowledge for better health: Strengthening health systems. World Health Organization, Geneva. http://www.who.int/rpc/meetings/en/world_report_on_knowledge_for_better_health2.pdf.