Characteristics of employment history and self-perceived barriers to healthcare access.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Research suggests that people in disadvantaged social positions are more likely to perceive barriers to accessing healthcare, especially to specialists and preventive services. In this study, we analyze if adversity during past employment histories (e.g. spells of unemployment) is linked to subsequent subjectively perceived barriers in healthcare access. Further, we investigate if the associations vary according to national healthcare access and quality indicators.

Methods

We use data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe with a study sample of 31 616 men and women aged 52-80 from 25 countries. Data include retrospective information on employment histories allowing us to derive characteristics of past careers, including the number of unemploym

SUBMITTER: Hoven H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10710348 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature