Differential impact of working hours on unmet medical needs by income level: a longitudinal study of Korean workers.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Unmet medical need is defined as the perceived need for medical service that is not received. Although the association between unmet medical needs and working hours has been explored before, the combined effect of household income has not been investigated thus far. This study, therefore, aimed to examine the differential association between working hours and the risk of unmet medical needs according to household income.

Methods

A total of 7047 participants enrolled in the Korea Health Panel data 2011-2014 were considered. The analytical method used in this study was a generalized estimating equation model that accounted for repeated measured participants. By controlling for time-invariant individual-fixed effects, we identified the relationship between long worki

SUBMITTER: Lee DW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9045236 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature