The effects of restricted access to healthcare on vulnerable people: an analysis of the determinants of health outcomes among older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic
Vaida Gineikytė Kanclerė,
Luka Klimavičiūtė,
Marco Schito
Abstract:This study investigates how restrictions in healthcare access and school closures in European countries during the COVID-19 pandemic affected health and education outcomes among two groups of vulnerable people: the elderly and the youth. These groups are vulnerable in that they are more susceptible to social changes and less capable of adapting, either because of individual characteristics or pre-existing structural inequalities. We employ multi-level modelling using data from SHARE and Eurofound's survey on l… Show more
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