Self-perceived health in older Europeans: Does the choice of survey matter?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cross-national comparisons of health in European countries provide crucial information to monitor health and disease within and between countries and to inform policy and research priorities. However, variations in estimates might occur when information from cross-national European surveys with different characteristics are used. We compared the prevalence of very good or good self-perceived health across 10 European countries according to three European surveys and investigated which survey characteristics contributed to differences in prevalence estimates.

Methods

We used aggregate data from 2004 to 2005 of respondents aged 55-64 years from the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC), the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Eur

SUBMITTER: Croezen S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5885946 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature