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Metas de Enfermería

Metas de Enfermería

MARZO 2016 N° 2 Volumen 19

Healthcare coverage in the adult spanish population: sociodemographical and health status differences

Section: Healthcare Management

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Sorli Latorre D, Rubio Lahoz N, Sorli Latorre P, Aguilar Palacio I. Cobertura sanitaria en población española adulta: diferencias sociodemográficas y del estado de salud. Metas Enferm mar 2016; 19(2): 68-73.

Authors

Diego Sorli Latorre1, Noelia Rubio Lahoz2 , Patricia Sorli Latorre3 , Isabel Aguilar Palacio4

Position

1 Enfermero y Máster en Salud Pública. Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa (Zaragoza)2 Enfermera. Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa (Zaragoza)3 Enfermera. Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet (Zaragoza)4 Médico especialista en Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública. Profesora ayudante del Departamento de Microbiología, Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública en la Universidad de Zaragoza

Contact address

Diego Sorli Latorre. C/ Viñedo Viejo, 2-escalera 8, 4º A. 50009 (Zaragoza)

Contact email: diegoette@hotmail.com

Abstract

Objective: to understand the sociodemographic and health status differences according to the healthcare insurance model in the adult Spanish population.
Method: a transversal descriptive study was conducted, using data from the 2011-2012 Spanish National Healthcare Survey. Those individuals with some type of healthcare coverage were divided into those who had public healthcare insurance, private healthcare insurance, or double coverage. A bivariate study was conducted in order to understand the sociodemographical and health differences according to type of coverage. A multivariable logistic regression analysis model was applied in order to determine the profile of the user with public coverage.
Results: the study was conducted in a sample of 21,007 persons over 15 years of age residing in the Spanish territory. After removing those subjects who had no type of healthcare coverage (62 persons) and those who did not answer (132 persons), the analysis included 20,813 individuals.
A 83.5% of the population has public coverage exclusively; this group is mostly young, with a low level of education, unemployed, with a worse perception of their health status, and without any chronic diseases. A 14% of this population has also private coverage.
Conclusions: public health is the main coverage for the Spanish population. Older individuals, with a high family income, who are working and have a higher academic level, a good perception of their health status, and some chronic disease, represent the profile of the user who chooses private insurance.

Keywords:

healthcare coverage; insurance; public healthcare coverage

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Título:

Cobertura sanitaria en población española adulta: diferencias sociodemográficas y del estado de salud