ArticleInternational journal for equity in health2017
Financial crisis and income-related inequalities in the universal provision of a public service: the case of healthcare in Spain.
Article in International journal for equity in health, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 9 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Hospitals during economic crisis: a systematic review based on resilience system capacities framework.BMC health services research · 2022Pooled it
- Socioeconomic inequalities in primary-care and specialist physician visits: a systematic review.International journal for equity in health · 2021Pooled it
- Evaluation of the Biases in the Studies that Assess the Effects of the Great Recession on Health. A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Pooled it
- Therapy, Pills and Unmet Needs for Financial Reasons: Socioeconomic Inequalities and Inequities in Access to Mental Health Care in Spain 2014-2020.Applied health economics and health policy · 2025Article
- Socioeconomic Inequalities as a Cause of Health Inequities in Spain: A Scoping Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Austerity, healthcare provision, and health outcomes in Spain.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2020Article
- Correction to: Financial crisis and income-related inequalities in the universal provision of a public service: the case of healthcare in Spain.International journal for equity in health · 2019Article
- Changes in income-related inequalities in cervical cancer screening during the Spanish economic crisis: a decomposition analysis.International journal for equity in health · 2018Article
- Withstanding austerity: Equity in health services utilisation in the first stage of the economic recession in Southern Spain.PloS one · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe objective of this paper is to analyse whether the recent recession has altered health care utilisation patterns of different income groups in Spain.
methodsBased on information concerning individuals 'income and health care use, along with health need indicators and demographic characteristics (provided by the Spanish National Health Surveys from 2006/07 and 2011/12), econometric models are estimated in two parts (mixed logistic regressions and truncated negative binominal regressions) for each of the public health services studied (family doctor appointments, appointments with specialists, hospitalisations, emergencies and prescription drug use).
resultsThe results show that the principle of universal access to public health provision does not in fact prevent a financial crisis from affecting certain income groups more than others in their utilisation of public health services.
conclusionsSpecifically, in relative terms the recession has been more detrimental to low-income groups in the cases of specialist appointments and hospitalisations, whereas it has worked to their advantage in the cases of emergency services and family doctor appointments.
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