Socio-economic differences in healthcare access from a welfare system perspective, Italy
2007–2010
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22945846 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marco Braggion (0000-0002-9643-3382, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, corresponding author), Campostrini (0000-0002-7113-4458, Ca' Foscari University of Venice), S Campostrini, Giovanni Bertin (0000-0002-3354-8692, Ca' Foscari University of Venice) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 706-715 |
| Publication date | 2015-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Health Promotion International (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0957-4824 • E-ISSN: 1460-2245 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/heapro/dat053 |
| PMID | 23935039 |
| OpenAlex | W2145469677 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 44 |
Inequalities between poorer and wealthier people in accessing healthcare services have been widely studied, but the mechanisms generating them are still to be fully understood. Among these, there is still a lack of evidence of relationships between health prevention/health promotion policies, welfare systems and social differences. We analysed 68 201 females from the PASSI Italian surveillance system for the years 2007-2010. The prevalence of women undergoing Pap testing was used as an example of access to preventive services. An odds ratio gradient was found with regard to different welfare system clusters: the probability of undergoing a screening test is higher for more advanced welfare systems. A strong association was found between having received a letter from the local health unit and having undergone the screening test. Significant differences still exist between high- and low-income women and their access to Italian preventive public services. As we expected, social determinants play an important role in health disparities, as these are also strongly influenced by typologies of welfare systems and by health policies.
Business · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Health care · Health promotion · Healthcare system · Inequality · Logistic regression · Odds · Perspective (graphical) · Political science · Public economics · Public health · Social determinants of health · Social Welfare · Test (biology) · Welfare · Welfare system · Employment and Welfare Studies · Global Health Care Issues · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Nursing
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| Highly cited | No |