Are health risk attitude and general risk attitude associated with healthcare utilization, costs and working ability? Results from the German KORA FF4 cohort study

Are health risk attitude and general risk attitude associated with healthcare utilization, costs and working ability? Results from the German KORA FF4 cohort study

Abstract Background Risk attitudes influence decisions made under uncertainty. This paper investigates the association of risk attitudes with the utilization of preventive and general healthcare services, work absence and resulting costs to explore their contribution to the heterogeneity in utilizat...

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Main Authors: Johanna I. Lutter, Boglárka Szentes, Margarethe E. Wacker, Joachim Winter, Sebastian Wichert, Annette Peters, Rolf Holle, Reiner Leidl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-08-01
Series:Health Economics Review
Subjects:
Willingness to take risk
Healthcare utilization
Healthcare costs
Prevention
Population-based
Work absence
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13561-019-0243-9

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