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Could inequality in health be cured by universal coverage for all citizens

  • 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.

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Author:Markus Lüngen, Martin SiegelORCiD, Karl Wilhelm Lauterbach
Title (English):Could inequality in health be cured by universal coverage for all citizens
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1742-1241.2010.02487.x
ISSN:1742-1241
ISSN:1368-5031
Parent Title (English):International Journal of Clinical Practice
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Year of Completion:2011
electronic ID:Zur Anzeige in scinos
Release Date:2021/08/17
Volume:65
Issue:3
First Page:249
Last Page:252
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Faculties:Fakultät WiSo
DDC classes:600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 610 Medizin, Gesundheit
Review Status:Veröffentlichte Fassung/Verlagsversion