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The relationship between corruption and chronic diseases: evidence from Europeans aged 50 years and older
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Abstract Objectives: Do people living in more corrupted countries report worse health? We answer this question by investigating the relationship between country-level corruption and the number of chronic diseases for a sample of Europeans aged above 50. Methods: We link a rich panel dataset on individual hea... view more
Objectives: Do people living in more corrupted countries report worse health? We answer this question by investigating the relationship between country-level corruption and the number of chronic diseases for a sample of Europeans aged above 50. Methods: We link a rich panel dataset on individual health and socio-demographic characteristics with two country-level corruption indices, analyse the overall relationship with pooled ordinary least squares and fixed-effect models, explore heterogeneous effects driven by country and individual factors, and disentangle the effect across different public sectors. Results: Individuals living in more corrupted countries suffer from a higher number of chronic diseases. The heterogeneity analysis shows that (1) health outcomes are worsened especially for respondents living in relatively low-income countries; (2) the health of females and people with poor socio-economic status is more affected by corruption; (3) the corruption-health negative link mainly occurs for cardiovascular diseases and ulcers; (4) only corrupted sectors linked with healthcare are associated with poorer health. Conclusions: We inform the policy debate with novel results in establishing a nexus between corruption and morbidity indicators.... view less
Keywords
corruption; public health; chronic illness; Europe; health; morbidity; Austria; Belgium; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; France; Federal Republic of Germany; Greece; Italy; Netherlands; Poland; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden
Classification
Medical Sociology
Free Keywords
Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) (waves 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6, covering the period 2004-2015); Corruption Perception Index (CPI)
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
Page/Pages
p. 345-355
Journal
International Journal of Public Health, 65 (2020) 3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-020-01347-w
ISSN
1661-8564
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed