Impact of public pension entitlement on unmet medical need due to cost among older people (65+), 2004–2010
| Unmet medical need due to cost (percentage point) among over 65s | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Covariates | (Model 1) | (Model 2) | (Model 3) | (Model 4) | (Model 5) | (Model 6) |
| Public pension entitlement | −1.00* (−1.81 to −0.20) | −1.06** (−1.76 to −0.37) | −1.13** (−1.82 to −0.45) | −1.12** (−1.74 to −0.50) | −1.11** (−1.66 to −0.55) | −1.11** (−1.67 to −0.55) |
| Sickness insurance entitlement | −0.85* (−1.69 to −0.0090) | −0.76 (−1.91 to 0.39) | −0.44 (−1.62 to 0.74) | −0.35 (−1.59 to 0.88) | −0.35 (−1.60 to 0.91) | |
| Unemployment insurance entitlement | 0.11 (−0.42 to 0.65) | 0.16 (−0.42 to 0.74) | 0.12 (−0.41 to 0.65) | 0.15 (−0.41 to 0.72) | 0.16 (−0.39 to 0.71) | |
| US$100 increase in public health expenditure per capita | 0.053 (−0.14 to 0.25) | 0.18 (−0.068 to 0.43) | 0.20 (−0.067 to 0.46) | 0.19 (−0.075 to 0.46) | ||
| US$100 increase in GDP per capita | −0.029 (−0.063 to 0.0047) | −0.030 (−0.064 to 0.0039) | −0.030 (−0.065 to 0.0054) | |||
| Proportion of older people with a chronic illness (%) | −0.022 (−0.11 to 0.067) | −0.022 (−0.11 to 0.067) | ||||
| Private pension expenditure (% GDP) | 0.035 (−0.77 to 0.84) | |||||
| Observations | 103 | 103 | 103 | 103 | 103 | 103 |
| R2 | 0.23 | 0.26 | 0.26 | 0.34 | 0.35 | 0.35 |
Notes: Sources: Comparative Welfare Entitlements Dataset, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and Eurostat. Expenditure measures are adjusted for inflation and purchasing power parity. All models adjust for country-specific differences that are constant over time. 95% CIs in parentheses.
*p<0.05; **p<0.01.
GDP, gross domestic product.