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%T The relationship between corruption and chronic diseases: evidence from Europeans aged 50 years and older %A Ferrari, Lorenzo %A Salustri, Francesco %J International Journal of Public Health %N 3 %P 345-355 %V 65 %D 2020 %K 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) %@ 1661-8564 %> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-72169-5 %X 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. %C DEU %G en %9 Zeitschriftenartikel %W GESIS - http://www.gesis.org %~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info