title: Socioeconomic status and health-care utilization: a study of the effects of low income, unemployment and hours of work on the demand for health care in the European Union.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to shed light on the individual socioeconomic status and demographic determinants of the demand for health care in a cross-comparison study of nine European Union countries. It focuses on the effects of individual employment status on alternative indicators of demand for health care that constitutes a largely unexplored area. The evidence supports the existence of an employment status-demand for healthcare relationship, although it varies with respect to the type of health care examined and the institutional and environmental settings of the countries utilized in the study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Economics, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Athina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Economou
authors.forename: Agelike
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nikolaou
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Theodossiou
mesh_terms: D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005062:European Union; D005260:Female; D006296:Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017059:Models, Econometric; D012923:Social Class; D014478:Unemployment