Τίτλος:
Medium-term impact of the economic crisis on mortality, health-related behaviours and access to healthcare in Greece
Γλώσσες Τεκμηρίου:
Αγγλικά
Περίληψη:
Previous studies on the health consequences of the crisis in Greece investigated short-term impacts on selected outcomes. This study examined the impact of the crisis on a key set of health indicators with longer follow up than previous studies. We conducted interrupted time series (ITS) analysis to compare trends in standardised mortality by cause before and during the crisis. We examined changes in fruit and vegetable consumption, smoking, physical activity, obesity, out-of-pocket payments and unmet needs for healthcare using national household data from the "Hellas Health" surveys. Standardised mortality rates for suicides (p < 0.001) and infant mortality (p = 0.003) increased during the crisis compared to pre-existing trends, while mortality from respiratory diseases (p = 0.053) and transport accidents (p = 0.067) decreased. The prevalence of smoking (42.6% to 36.5%; RR = 0.86) and sedentary lifestyle (43.4% to 29.0%; RR = 0.69) declined. The prevalence of unmet need for healthcare significantly increased from 10.0% to 21.9% (RR = 2.10) and the proportion of people paying out-of-pocket for healthcare from 34.4% to 58.7% (RR = 1.69) between 2010 and 2015. The impact of the economic crisis in Greece on health was more nuanced than previous reports suggest. Effective strategies to mitigate the adverse health impacts of economic crises need to be better understood and implemented. © 2017 The Author(s).
Συγγραφείς:
Filippidis, F.T.
Gerovasili, V.
Millett, C.
Tountas, Y.
Περιοδικό:
Scientific Reports
Εκδότης:
Nature Publishing Group
Λέξεις-κλειδιά:
diet; economic recession; economics; epidemiology; female; Greece; health behavior; health care delivery; health survey; human; male; prevalence; smoking; suicide; survival rate, Delivery of Health Care; Diet; Economic Recession; Female; Greece; Health Behavior; Health Services Accessibility; Health Surveys; Humans; Male; Prevalence; Smoking; Suicide; Survival Rate
