The Faculty of Economic Cybernetics, Statistics and Informatics, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, 15-17 Dorobanti Street, 010552 Bucharest, Romania.
National Scientific Research Institute for Labor and Social Protection, 6-8 Povernei Street, 010643 Bucharest, Romania.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Apr 15;19(8):4813. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19084813.
Often, global crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, bring to light crucial weaknesses in political, economic, social and health systems. First, there are governments who formulate and implement policies and, second, there are the citizens who support them, thus contributing a great deal to their success. Our paper investigates the European citizens' opinion on health policy, focusing on their preference for European health policy during the coronavirus pandemic. The paper uses bibliometric analysis, descriptive statistics, and logistic regression to discuss the public opinion on health policy, the factors of influence, the change in perspectives between 2020 and 2021, and the socio-demographic profile of those favorable for the development of a European health policy in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Our findings show that citizens from southern and central European countries are more likely to prioritize the development of a European health policy, as compared to Nordic countries. Between 2020 and 2021, pro-European health policy citizens profile changes and becomes clearer, from pensioners to young working age males with medium education. In general, people prioritizing a European health policy value health as the most important issue at a national level are generally satisfied with the European Union and do not trust their national government.
通常，全球性危机，如 COVID-19 大流行，会凸显出政治、经济、社会和卫生系统的重大弱点。首先是制定和实施政策的政府，其次是支持政府的公民，他们为政策的成功做出了巨大贡献。我们的论文研究了欧洲公民对卫生政策的看法，重点关注他们在冠状病毒大流行期间对欧洲卫生政策的偏好。本文使用文献计量分析、描述性统计和逻辑回归来讨论公众对卫生政策的看法、影响因素、2020 年至 2021 年观点的变化，以及那些有利于制定欧洲卫生政策以应对冠状病毒大流行的社会人口特征。我们的研究结果表明，与北欧国家相比，来自南欧和中欧国家的公民更有可能优先制定欧洲卫生政策。在 2020 年至 2021 年期间，支持欧洲卫生政策的公民的形象发生了变化，并变得更加清晰，从养老金领取者转变为具有中等教育水平的年轻工作年龄男性。总的来说，优先考虑欧洲卫生政策的人认为健康是国家层面最重要的问题，他们普遍对欧盟感到满意，并不信任本国政府。
