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- Title
Socio-economic differences in healthcare access from a welfare system perspective, Italy: 2007-2010.
- Authors
BRAGGION, M.; CAMPOSTRINI, S.; BERTIN, G.
- Abstract
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.
- Subjects
ITALY; CLUSTER analysis (Statistics); CONFIDENCE intervals; HEALTH services accessibility; INCOME; PAP test; PREVENTIVE health services; PUBLIC health surveillance; PUBLIC welfare; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICAL sampling; SURVEYS; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; ODDS ratio
- Publication
Health Promotion International, 2015, Vol 30, Issue 3, p706
- ISSN
0957-4824
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/heapro/dat053