 Gender Differences in Access to Health Care among the Elderly: Evidence from Southeast AsiaYana Rodgers () and Joseph Zveglich Asian Development Review (ADR), 2021, vol. 38, issue 02, 59-92 Abstract: Populations become increasingly feminized with age. Since older women are more vulnerable to poverty, they may find it more difficult than men to access health care. This study examines factors that may constrain older persons in Southeast Asia from meeting their health-care needs when sick. Our analysis of household survey data from Cambodia, the Philippines, and Viet Nam shows that women are more likely to have reported sickness or injury than men, a difference that is meaningful and statistically significant. While women in Cambodia and the Philippines are more likely to seek treatment than men, the gender difference is reversed in Viet Nam where the stigma and discrimination associated with some diseases may more strongly deter women. The probability of seeking treatment rises with age more sharply for women than men in all countries. However, for the subsample of elders, the gender difference is not significant. Keywords: elderly; gender; health; health care; women (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:wsi:adrxxx:v:38:y:2021:i:02:n:s0116110521500086 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1142/S0116110521500086 Access Statistics for this article Asian Development Review (ADR) is currently edited by Tetsushi Sonobe More articles in Asian Development Review (ADR) from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. |
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