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Wealthy and Healthy? An Exploration of the Relationship between Pension Income, Healthcare Expenditure and the Health Status of the Elderly – A Study on Hungary

Hümbs, Emma Charlotte LU (2023) EKHS01 20231
Department of Economic History
Abstract
This paper examines the relationship between pension income and health consumption expenditure on the household level with a supporting analysis of the realtionship between individual pension income and health status. A relationship that becomes increasingly as health expenditures increase with ageing populations and changing pension systems. Using individual and household data from Hungary in 5 years over the span of 1999 to 2015, two multivariable regression analyses are carried out. The household and personal level are investigated seperately. The study finds that household pension income is significant for and positively associated with household health expenditure. On the individual leve, pension income is significantly and negatively... (More)
This paper examines the relationship between pension income and health consumption expenditure on the household level with a supporting analysis of the realtionship between individual pension income and health status. A relationship that becomes increasingly as health expenditures increase with ageing populations and changing pension systems. Using individual and household data from Hungary in 5 years over the span of 1999 to 2015, two multivariable regression analyses are carried out. The household and personal level are investigated seperately. The study finds that household pension income is significant for and positively associated with household health expenditure. On the individual leve, pension income is significantly and negatively associated with an individual health status regardless of gender. (Less)
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author
Hümbs, Emma Charlotte LU
supervisor
organization
course
EKHS01 20231
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
health consumption expenditure, pension income, ageing, Hungary, household, individual, health status, children, partner
language
English
id
9128962
date added to LUP
2023-06-22 12:23:04
date last changed
2023-06-22 12:23:04
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  abstract     = {{This paper examines the relationship between pension income and health consumption expenditure on the household level with a supporting analysis of the realtionship between individual pension income and health status. A relationship that becomes increasingly as health expenditures increase with ageing populations and changing pension systems. Using individual and household data from Hungary in 5 years over the span of 1999 to 2015, two multivariable regression analyses are carried out. The household and personal level are investigated seperately. The study finds that household pension income is significant for and positively associated with household health expenditure. On the individual leve, pension income is significantly and negatively associated with an individual health status regardless of gender.}},
  author       = {{Hümbs, Emma Charlotte}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Wealthy and Healthy? An Exploration of the Relationship between Pension Income, Healthcare Expenditure and the Health Status of the Elderly – A Study on Hungary}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}