Immigration and the utilization of preventive care in Europe: Results from retrospective data

Raluca E. Buia (), Mesfin G Genie, Cristina Elisa Orso () and Giacomo Pasini
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Raluca E. Buia: Department of Economics, Ca' Foscari University of Venice
Cristina Elisa Orso: Ca' Foscari University of Venice; Department of Economics, University of Verona

No 2022:04, Working Papers from Department of Economics, University of Venice "Ca' Foscari"

Abstract: We used retrospective information from the Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) to analyze the utilization patterns of preventive care around the time of migration of a representative sample of migrants in Europe. We find heterogeneous behaviours across different types of preventive care. Migrants increase the utilization of dental care significantly as soon as they reach the host country compared to the years immediately before migration, while migrant women increase their use of blood pressure tests, gynaecological visits, and mammogram tests progressively after migration. Other types of care do not exhibit particular patterns in relation to the migration episode. We also observe relevant differences in preventive care use around migration by country of origin. Our results suggest that preventive care use by migrants cannot be given for granted and is intimately linked to the process of integration in the host country.

Keywords: Immigration; Preventive care; SHARE; event study (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 I14 J15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 36 pages
Date: 2022
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