Country of birth and socioeconomic disparities in utilisation of health care and disability pensions - a multilevel approach

摘要: Besides individual characteristics, people born in the same country may present a related pattern of health status and care utilisation, perhaps because they share number socioeconomic cultural characteristics addition to their common geographic origin language. Rather than using simple ethnical or geographical categories, we apply multilevel regression analysis with individuals nested within countries birth. By this innovative approach thesis investigates differences utilisation disability pensions city Malmo, Sweden, role birth plays context. It is based on Register for Resource Allocation (1999 2003). Independently identifies contextual phenomenon that conditions receiving pension. Among other findings observed men low income those from economies showed greater total high incomes who were incomes. However, presented lower private providers. Low educational achievement living alone associated higher likelihood Individuals middle also had chance Interestingly, modifies level associations. The one's appears play significant understanding how bear utilising services