ArticleIsrael journal of health policy research2020
Are Israelis becoming healthier? Trends in self-rated health, 2002-2018.
Article in Israel journal of health policy research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
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backgroundLife expectancy at birth in Israel is steadily increasing. This raises the question whether Israelis are becoming healthier. The purpose of this study is to estimate trends in morbidity and to try to explain what causes morbidity levels to change.
methodsWe used 17 years of repeated cross-sectional data from the Social Survey to estimate trends in self-rated health. We used regression models to explain the trends in self-rated health that were observed from 2002 to 2018.
resultsFour major findings emerged. First, morbidity as measured by self-rated health has declined. Second, gains in educational attainment do not explain the decline in morbidity. Third, the rise in national expenditure on health per capita is strongly correlated with the decline in morbidity. And fourth, the effect of the national expenditure on health per capita appears to be stronger among women and among those without an academic degree.
conclusionsSelf-rated health has improved. However, it has not improved to the same extent for all Israelis. The results of this study show that the health of women has improved more than that of men and that the health of non-academics has improved more than that of academics. The latter suggests that the progressive effect of public financing has offset the regressive effect of out-of-pocket payments on self-rated health.
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