Bauknecht Jürgen, Merkel Sebastian
Hochschule Koblenz, Koblenz, Germany.
Faculty of Social Science, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
Health Policy Open. 2022 Apr 11;3:100070. doi: 10.1016/j.hpopen.2022.100070. eCollection 2022 Dec.
Using data from the European Social Survey 1 (2002) and 9 (2018) we show the development of self-rated health of older persons in 17 countries. We find a considerable increase of older persons reporting good or very good health between 2002 and 2018; this increase is similar in all groups examined. Absolute differences between income groups remained vastly stable. Further, in 2018 the high-income tercile of those between 65 and 80 years still reported better health than the low-income tercile of those between 49 and 64 years. Overall, self-rated health seems to have improved in Europe but there are still signs of a considerable gap between low-income groups and high-income groups.
利用欧洲社会调查第1轮(2002年)和第9轮(2018年)的数据,我们展示了17个国家老年人自评健康状况的发展情况。我们发现,在2002年至2018年期间,报告健康状况良好或非常好的老年人数量大幅增加;在所有被调查的群体中,这种增长情况相似。不同收入群体之间的绝对差异基本保持稳定。此外,在2018年,65至80岁高收入三分位数群体的健康状况仍优于49至64岁低收入三分位数群体。总体而言,欧洲的自评健康状况似乎有所改善,但低收入群体和高收入群体之间仍存在明显差距。