Unmet healthcare needs among the population aged 50+ and their association with health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic led to unprecedented levels of subjective unmet healthcare needs (SUN). This study investigates the association between SUN in 2020 and three health outcomes in 2021-mortality, cancer, and self-assessed health (SAH), among adults aged 50 years and older, using data from the regular administration of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe and from the two special waves administered in 2020 and 2021 regarding COVID-19. Three types of SUN were surveyed: care foregone due to fear of contracting COVID-19, pre-scheduled care postponed, and inability to get medical appointments or treatments demanded. We resort on the relative risk and the logistic specification to investigate the association between SUN and health outcomes. To avoid simultaneity, 1-year lagge

SUBMITTER: Quintal C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10148617 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature