Association between forgone care and household income among the elderly in five Western European countries – analyses based on survey data from the SHARE-study
Open Access
- 23 March 2009
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Health Services Research
- Vol. 9 (1) , 52
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-9-52
Abstract
Studies on the association between access to health care and household income have rarely included an assessment of 'forgone care', but this indicator could add to our understanding of the inverse care law. We hypothesize that reporting forgone care is more prevalent in low income groups.Keywords
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