Income, financial barriers to health care and public health expenditure: A multilevel analysis of 28 countries

Tae Jun Kim, Nico Vonneilich, Daniel Lüdecke and Olaf von dem Knesebeck

Social Science & Medicine, 2017, vol. 176, issue C, 158-165

Abstract: International studies have repeatedly shown that people with lower income are more likely to experience difficulties to access medical services. Less is known on why these relations vary across countries. This study investigates whether the association between income and financial barriers to health care is influenced by national public health expenditures (PHE, in % of total health expenditure).

Keywords: Access to health care; Income-related inequalities; Public health expenditure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.01.044

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