Out-of-Pocket Expenditure on Medical Services Among Older Adults: A Longitudinal Analysis.

ABSTRACT: The upturn in life expectancy and its consequence, population aging, are challenging labor, pension, and social-security systems throughout the developed world. The focal aim of this study is to measure the extent of out-of-pocket funding of healthcare services by the older adult population. The study has three objectives: to profile the healthcare services for which older adults pay out of pocket, profile the older adults who pay out of pocket for medical services and detect changes over the years, and identify predictors of out-of-pocket healthcare services funding by older adults. The study is predicated on the SHARE-Israel database (SHARE-Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe). Relating to information yielded by the last two waves of SHARE-Israel (Wave 7 and Wave 8), it she

SUBMITTER: Tur-Sinai A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9022941 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature