Economic Evaluation of Emotional and Personal Support in the Health Care of Women with Disabilities
It is generally accepted that people with disabilities make greater use of health services. Moreover, certain social circumstances alter the intensity of such use. This manuscript seeks to analyze the existing differences in the use of healthcare among women with and without disabilities, to study t...
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| author | Manuel Vargas-Vargas María-Leticia Meseguer-Santamaría Francisco Sánchez-Alberola |
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| description | It is generally accepted that people with disabilities make greater use of health services. Moreover, certain social circumstances alter the intensity of such use. This manuscript seeks to analyze the existing differences in the use of healthcare among women with and without disabilities, to study the impact of emotional and personal support (EPS) on such use and to assess the reduction of the economic cost that this factor entails. Data from the Spanish National Health Survey (SNHS-2017) and updated unit costs of health services have been used to estimate the differences in use attributable to disability and the economic impact of emotional and personal support. The empirical results show an association between disability and perceived EPS, the latter being less common among Spanish women with disabilities. In addition, within this group, EPS significantly influences the levels of use of health services. Finally, the net effect of a perceived EPS increase would translate into a reduction in the economic costs of health care for women with disabilities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bea4d286b0264e82b69dea3f5e4f3ad12023-11-21T14:43:15ZengMDPI AGHealthcare2227-90322021-04-019443810.3390/healthcare9040438Economic Evaluation of Emotional and Personal Support in the Health Care of Women with DisabilitiesManuel Vargas-Vargas0María-Leticia Meseguer-Santamaría1Francisco Sánchez-Alberola2Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Castilla-La Mancha, 02071 Albacete, SpainFaculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Castilla-La Mancha, 02071 Albacete, SpainFaculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Castilla-La Mancha, 02071 Albacete, SpainIt is generally accepted that people with disabilities make greater use of health services. Moreover, certain social circumstances alter the intensity of such use. This manuscript seeks to analyze the existing differences in the use of healthcare among women with and without disabilities, to study the impact of emotional and personal support (EPS) on such use and to assess the reduction of the economic cost that this factor entails. Data from the Spanish National Health Survey (SNHS-2017) and updated unit costs of health services have been used to estimate the differences in use attributable to disability and the economic impact of emotional and personal support. The empirical results show an association between disability and perceived EPS, the latter being less common among Spanish women with disabilities. In addition, within this group, EPS significantly influences the levels of use of health services. Finally, the net effect of a perceived EPS increase would translate into a reduction in the economic costs of health care for women with disabilities.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/9/4/438disabilityeconomic costsemotional and personal supporthealthcarewomen |
| spellingShingle | Manuel Vargas-Vargas María-Leticia Meseguer-Santamaría Francisco Sánchez-Alberola Economic Evaluation of Emotional and Personal Support in the Health Care of Women with Disabilities Healthcare disability economic costs emotional and personal support healthcare women |
| title | Economic Evaluation of Emotional and Personal Support in the Health Care of Women with Disabilities |
| title_full | Economic Evaluation of Emotional and Personal Support in the Health Care of Women with Disabilities |
| title_fullStr | Economic Evaluation of Emotional and Personal Support in the Health Care of Women with Disabilities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Economic Evaluation of Emotional and Personal Support in the Health Care of Women with Disabilities |
| title_short | Economic Evaluation of Emotional and Personal Support in the Health Care of Women with Disabilities |
| title_sort | economic evaluation of emotional and personal support in the health care of women with disabilities |
| topic | disability economic costs emotional and personal support healthcare women |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/9/4/438 |
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