School of Economics and Business Administration, Castilla-La Mancha University (UCLM), 02071 Albacete, Spain.
Sociosanitary Research Center, 16071 Cuenca, Spain.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Mar 10;18(6):2833. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18062833.
Individuals' lifestyles play an important role in healthcare costs. A large part of these costs is derived from hospitalizations. With the aim of determine the relationship between lifestyle and the likelihood of hospitalization and associate costs in older adults, this study used the Survey of Health, Aging, and Retirement in Europe. Generalized regression models for panel data were developed and adjusted hospitalization costs derived from the length of hospital stay were also estimated. The average adjusted cost of hospitalization was I$ 9901.50 and the analyses showed that performing weekly physical activity significantly reduces the probability of hospitalization (OR: 0.624) and its costs (I$ 2594.5 less per person per year than subjects who never performed physical activity). Muscle strength plays an important role in this relationship and eating habits are not of great significance. Furthermore, we found interesting differences in the frequency and costs of hospitalization between subjects by country.
个体的生活方式在医疗保健成本中起着重要作用。这些成本的很大一部分来自住院治疗。本研究旨在确定生活方式与老年人住院可能性和相关成本之间的关系，使用了欧洲健康、老龄化和退休调查。为面板数据开发了广义回归模型，并估计了基于住院时间的调整后住院费用。平均调整后住院费用为 9901.50 欧元，分析表明每周进行身体活动显著降低了住院的可能性（OR：0.624）及其费用（与从不进行身体活动的人相比，每人每年减少 2594.50 欧元）。肌肉力量在这种关系中起着重要作用，而饮食习惯则没有那么重要。此外，我们还发现了不同国家之间住院频率和费用的有趣差异。
