OUT-OF-POCKET HEALTH EXPENDITURE DIFFERENTIALS BETWEEN ELDERLY AND NONELDERLY HOUSEHOLDS

Authors
RUBIN RM KOELLN K
Citation
Rm. Rubin et K. Koelln, OUT-OF-POCKET HEALTH EXPENDITURE DIFFERENTIALS BETWEEN ELDERLY AND NONELDERLY HOUSEHOLDS, The Gerontologist, 33(5), 1993, pp. 595-602
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Geiatric & Gerontology
Journal title
The Gerontologist → ACNP
ISSN journal
00169013
Volume
33
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
595 - 602
Database
ISI
SICI code
0016-9013(1993)33:5<595:OHEDBE>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Regression analysis was used to compare out-of-pocket health and highe r income elderly and non elderly households. Race and housing tenure w ere significant determinants for both age groups, but assets, educatio n, and family size were significant only for the non-elderly. Analysis of out-of-pocket health costs indicated greater equity among elderly persons, probably due to Medicare, but income elasticities revealed th at health spending is a luxury for lower income elderly households.