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Liliane Bonnal1,2,3, Pascal Favard4,5, Thomas Laurent6,7
1UFR Sciences Économiques, Batiment A1, 2 rue Jean Carbonnier TSA 81100, Poitiers Cedex 9, 86073, France.
Abstract:
This study aims to investigate the factors associated with self-reported unmet healthcare needs among individuals aged 65 and older in France, as well as to determine whether healthcare expenditure and its determinants differ based on self-reported unmet needs. We use data from the 2012 Health and Welfare Survey, matched with health insurance records. Healthcare expenditure for ambulatory care-excluding inpatient care-is modeled using a regime-switching regression approach. Our findings highlight that social and behavioral disparities are the primary factors influencing self-reported unmet needs. The determinants of healthcare expenditure are generally similar, regardless of whether individuals report unmet needs, except for pre-frailty and the number of medical conditions. Surprisingly, we do not find a significant marginal effect of self-reported unmet needs on healthcare expenditure. In our view, this challenges the use of self-reported unmet needs as an indicator of access to care.
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