Musculoskeletal Pain Medication Use in Middle Age and Older Adults in 15 European Countries and Israel

Shuldiner, Jennifer; Tur‐Sinai, Aviad; Bentur, Netta

doi:10.1016/j.pmn.2019.09.009

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“…SHARE seeks to better understand the dynamics of the growing population of persons aged 50+ and to provide a research infrastructure for public policymaking on behalf of the aging population [ 32 , 33 ]. The data collected in SHARE provide a unique instrument with which to compare the health, economic situation, and welfare of older people in different European countries over time [ 34 , 35 ].…”

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How Many Older Informal Caregivers Are There in Europe? Comparison of Estimates of Their Prevalence from Three European Surveys

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Rommel

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Informal caregivers are people providing some type of unpaid, ongoing assistance to a person with a chronic illness or disability. Long-term care measures and policies cannot take place without taking into account the quantitatively crucial role played by informal caregivers. We use the European Health Interview Survey (EHIS), the European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS), and the Study on Health and Ageing in Europe (SHARE) to measure the prevalence of informal caregivers in the European population, and analyze associated socio-demographic factors. This rate ranges between about 13 percent in Portugal and Spain, and more than 22 percent in Luxembourg, Belgium, and Denmark. It declines in older age groups and, on average, is lower in men than in women in all countries studied, and lower among the poorly educated compared to those with higher levels of education. However, large variance was observed in the average share of informal caregivers for most countries between the three surveys. Our findings, estimated through the three surveys, reveal common trends, but also a series of disparities. Additional research will be needed to enable policy makers to access a richer and more harmonized body of data, allowing them to adopt truly evidence-based and targeted policies and interventions in this field.

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How Many Older Informal Caregivers Are There in Europe? Comparison of Estimates of Their Prevalence from Three European Surveys

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Rommel

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“…SHARE was established as a longitudinal study meant to shed light on the changing demographic, health and economic trends in Europe (Achdut et al, (2015); Katz et al, 2015; Tur‐Sinai & Litwin, 2015; Lowenstein et al, 2019; Tur‐Sinai et al, 2019b). Within this ambit, men and women aged 50+ as well as their spouses were interviewed (Axelrad & Tur‐Sinai, 2020; Shuldiner et al, 2020; Silverstein et al, 2020; Tur‐Sinai et al, 2019a; Tur‐Sinai & Lewin‐Epstein, 2020). In addition SHARE End‐of‐Life survey, a complementary survey was conducted.…”

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“…Within this ambit, men and women aged 50+ as well as their spouses were interviewed (Axelrad & Tur-Sinai, 2020;Shuldiner et al, 2020;Silverstein et al, 2020;Tur-Sinai et al, 2019a;. In addition SHARE End-of-Life survey, a complementary survey was conducted.…”

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Out‐of‐pocket spending of deceased cancer patients in five European countries and Israel

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Objective: Cancer imposes a substantial economic burden on society, health and social care systems, patients and their families. This study aims to examine the out-ofpocket spending of cancer patients in their last year of life, in six countries with health insurance system hat have a defined benefits package. Methods: Data from SHARE and SHARE End-of-Life surveys among people aged +50 were analysed. Family members of deceased persons were interviewed in order to learn about the circumstances of their relative's death. Results: The average out-of-pocket spending for health and social services during the last year of life was 4.5% of the total household income, 2.2% in the Netherlands, 4.3% in Israel, 5% in Germany, 5.1% in Austria, 5.1% in Belgium and 8.2% in Switzerland. Whereas the out-of-pocket spending on nursing home care was 7.8% of the total household income in Switzerland, in the Netherlands and in Israel it was negligible. In contrast, the out-of-pocket spending for home care due to disability surged to 5.6% in Israel and 3.7% in Austria, whereas in other countries it was very low. Conclusion: This information is important to health and social policymakers, in order to better adapt the benefits package to the patients' needs.

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“…This is a panel study based on data from the SHARE-Israel. SHARE is a cross-national panel database that includes information on a wide range of variables from socioeconomic, social environment and physical functioning, to health and health behaviours among persons aged fifty or older in the first study period (Axelrad & Tur-Sinai, 2020;Shuldiner et al, 2020;Silverstein et al, 2020;Weber, 2018). The data collected in SHARE offer a unique means by which to compare the health, economic situation and welfare of older people in different European countries over time (Ben-David et al, 2016;Börsch-Supan et al, 2013;Katz et al, 2015;Tur-Sinai et al, 2019).…”

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Socioeconomic status and health behaviors as predictors of changes in self‐rated health among older persons in Israel

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Epstein, 2020), driven by reductions in infant and child mortality and by the decrease in mortality in older people, specifically deaths from non-communicable diseases (Mathers et al., 2015). Increased life expectancy, however, does not necessarily mean that the extra life is spent in good health ("healthy life years"). Thus, most countries conduct regular health surveys to monitor the different aspects of health, among them self-rated health (SRH) (OECD, 2017).SRH is a common measure of health status that has been found to be a strong predictor of morbidity and mortality even when adjusted for objective health indicators (

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Musculoskeletal Pain Medication Use in Middle Age and Older Adults in 15 European Countries and Israel

Cited by 7 publications

References 44 publications

How Many Older Informal Caregivers Are There in Europe? Comparison of Estimates of Their Prevalence from Three European Surveys

How Many Older Informal Caregivers Are There in Europe? Comparison of Estimates of Their Prevalence from Three European Surveys

Out‐of‐pocket spending of deceased cancer patients in five European countries and Israel

Socioeconomic status and health behaviors as predictors of changes in self‐rated health among older persons in Israel

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