Does morbidity matter? Perceived health status in explaining the share of healthcare expenditures

Solakoglu, Ebru Güven; Ci̇van, Abdülkadi̇r

doi:10.1080/00036846.2011.558476

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“…While this commonly used indicator is fundamentally a subjective measure, it has been shown to correlate with future mortality, morbidity, and general health conditions. 54–56 Since objective health measures are often calculated differently, SRH allows for cross-contextual comparisons, accounting for the influence of environment and society on one’s perception of health. Responses were dichotomized into less than good, referred to here as “poor” SRH, and “good” SRH.…”

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How Did Employment and Financial Strain Affect the Self-rated Health of Lone Mothers Around the Time of the Economic Crisis? A Cross-sectional Comparison of the United Kingdom and Sweden

2019

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Lone mothers face higher risk of poor self-rated health (SRH) than coupled mothers, partly explained by financial strain, non-employment, and welfare context. Comparing the United Kingdom and Sweden, we sought to determine how the economic crisis of 2008 affected the inequality in lone and coupled mothers SRH and what socioeconomic factors impacted this. Survey data was divided into periods corresponding to before, during, and after the economic crisis. Logistic regression was used to evaluate the impact of socioeconomic factors. Financial strain explained 70%–80% of the excess risk for poor health among Swedish lone mothers and 40% of those in the United Kingdom. Controlling for background and socioeconomic factors eliminated the health inequality among Swedish mothers. In the United Kingdom this inequality remained and may reflect the impact of social mechanisms such as stigma. Converse to what was expected, we did not observe significant variation over time in factors affecting SRH, nor did we find conclusive evidence of the impact of the economic crisis on the SRH of lone mothers. Factors that may account for these counterintuitive results, including retrenchment of the Swedish welfare state, economic lag, and reduction in overall inequality in health, are discussed.

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confidence: 99%