Impact of public pension entitlement on unmet medical need due to cost for those aged 16–64 years, 2004–2010
| Unmet medical need due to cost (percentage point), aged 16–64 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Covariates | (Model 1) | (Model 2) | (Model 3) | (Model 4) | (Model 5) | (Model 6) |
| Public pension entitlement | −0.50* (−0.99 to −0.016) | −0.55* (−0.99 to −0.10) | −0.50* (−0.98 to −0.018) | −0.49* (−0.97 to −0.016) | −0.55* (−1.06 to −0.039) | −0.56* (−1.07 to −0.043) |
| Sickness insurance entitlement | −0.44 (−1.46 to 0.58) | −0.49 (−1.54 to 0.56) | −0.26 (−1.32 to 0.80) | 0.080 (−1.09 to 1.25) | 0.082 (−1.09 to 1.26) | |
| Unemployment insurance entitlement | 0.15 (−0.31 to 0.61) | 0.12 (−0.36 to 0.59) | 0.087 (−0.38 to 0.55) | −0.21 (−0.80 to 0.39) | −0.10 (−0.81 to 0.60) | |
| US$100 increase in public health expenditure per capita | −0.033 (−0.17 to 0.10) | 0.062 (−0.10 to 0.23) | 0.047 (−0.13 to 0.23) | 0.029 (−0.16 to 0.22) | ||
| US$100 increase in GDP per capita | −0.022 (−0.043 to 0.000) | −0.024 (−0.049 to 0.00071) | −0.022 (−0.048 to 0.0032) | |||
| Proportion of those aged 16–64 years with a chronic illness (%) | 0.11 (−0.017 to 0.24) | 0.10 (−0.027 to 0.24) | ||||
| Private pension expenditure (% GDP) | 0.28 (−0.77 to 1.34) | |||||
| Observations | 103 | 103 | 103 | 103 | 94 | 94 |
| R2 | 0.058 | 0.068 | 0.071 | 0.11 | 0.15 | 0.15 |
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.