Studies from Center of Research Update Current Data on Healthcare Economics (Public satisfaction with health system coverage, empirical evidence from SHARE data)

2020 FEB 24 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- A new study on Economics - Healthcare Economics is now available. According to news reporting originating from Coimbra, Portugal, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “People’s satisfaction with the health system, including the coverage provided, has been a concern for some years now but research into the main explanatory factors is in progress. This work focuses on European countries plus Israel, using the SHARE database to find what determines people’s satisfaction with the basic coverage provided by the health system of each country.”

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from the Center of Research, “On top of the usual individual socioeconomic characteristics, other explanatory factors were also considered. These include, at individual level, trust in others, political positioning, and risk aversion; at country level, they include access to specialist care and the type of health system financing. Estimation of an ordered logistic model found that the main predictors for satisfaction with a health system’s basic coverage include trust in others, unmet health needs, self-assessed health, free access to specialists, health system financed through social insurance, and out-of-pocket payments.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “These results provide the basis for possible policies designed to improve people’s satisfaction.”

For more information on this research see: Public satisfaction with health system coverage, empirical evidence from SHARE data. International Journal of Health Economics and Management, 2020;():.

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting A.I. Tavares, CEISUC, Center of Research in Health of the University of Coimbra, Av Dias da Silva, 65, Coimbra, Portugal.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10754-020-09279-x. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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