TY  - JOUR
U1  - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed)
A1  - Lüngen, Markus
A1  - Siegel, Martin
A1  - Lauterbach, Karl Wilhelm
T1  - Could inequality in health be cured by universal coverage for all citizens
JF  - International Journal of Clinical Practice
N2  - The well-documented social gradient in health in the developed world will not just disappear on its own. Tackling health inequalities by introducing a universal coverage healthcare system recently became an important notion in the U.S. Using cross-sectional data from Germany which has maintained its compulsory egalitarian healthcare system for more than 50 years now, we apply logistic and negative binomial regression to uncover utilisation behaviour patterns under universal coverage. We find that lower education and unemployment raise the risks for all diseases under consideration. Unemployment increases the chance of contacting a physician, while income and education do not apparently affect the healthcare utilisation behaviour. Those diseases concentrated among unemployed and less educated, however, are associated with intensified healthcare utilisation. We conclude that universal coverage may make access to health care easier for those facing the worst health; the unemployed and lower educated.
Y1  - 2011
SN  - 1742-1241
SS  - 1742-1241
SN  - 1368-5031
SS  - 1368-5031
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1742-1241.2010.02487.x
DO  - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1742-1241.2010.02487.x
N1  - Zugriff im Hochschulnetz
VL  - 65
IS  - 3
SP  - 249
EP  - 252
ER  -