Gender disparities in health and healthcare: results from the Portuguese National Health Interview Survey

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Autor(a) principal: Perelman,Julian
Data de Publicação: 2012
Outros Autores: Fernandes,Ana, Mateus,Céu
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Cadernos de Saúde Pública
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2012001400012
Resumo: Although women experience poorer health conditions during their lives, they live longer than men. The main explanations for this paradox suggest that women's excess of ill-health is limited to minor illnesses and their different attitudes toward health. The authors test these assumptions by investigating disparities between men and women in health and healthcare in Portugal. Data are used from the Portuguese National Health Interview Survey 2005/2006 (N = 33,662). Multivariate regressions showed that women were more likely to report worse self-rated health, more days with disability, higher prevalence of hypertension, chronic pain, cancer, anxiety and depression, and more medical consultations. Heart disease was significantly more prevalent among men, possibly explaining part of the paradox. Women's more frequent use of medical consultations may reflect their heightened awareness of health problems, which may protect them against early death. Gender differences in socioeconomic status explain part of the differences in health, but fail to provide a complete understanding.
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spelling Gender disparities in health and healthcare: results from the Portuguese National Health Interview SurveyGender IdentityHealth Status DisparitiesHealth-care DisparitiesSocioeconomic FactorsAlthough women experience poorer health conditions during their lives, they live longer than men. The main explanations for this paradox suggest that women's excess of ill-health is limited to minor illnesses and their different attitudes toward health. The authors test these assumptions by investigating disparities between men and women in health and healthcare in Portugal. Data are used from the Portuguese National Health Interview Survey 2005/2006 (N = 33,662). Multivariate regressions showed that women were more likely to report worse self-rated health, more days with disability, higher prevalence of hypertension, chronic pain, cancer, anxiety and depression, and more medical consultations. Heart disease was significantly more prevalent among men, possibly explaining part of the paradox. Women's more frequent use of medical consultations may reflect their heightened awareness of health problems, which may protect them against early death. Gender differences in socioeconomic status explain part of the differences in health, but fail to provide a complete understanding.Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz2012-12-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2012001400012Cadernos de Saúde Pública v.28 n.12 2012reponame:Cadernos de Saúde Públicainstname:Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)instacron:FIOCRUZ10.1590/S0102-311X2012001400012info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPerelman,JulianFernandes,AnaMateus,Céueng2012-12-21T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S0102-311X2012001400012Revistahttp://cadernos.ensp.fiocruz.br/csp/https://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phpcadernos@ensp.fiocruz.br||cadernos@ensp.fiocruz.br1678-44640102-311Xopendoar:2012-12-21T00:00Cadernos de Saúde Pública - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Gender disparities in health and healthcare: results from the Portuguese National Health Interview Survey
title Gender disparities in health and healthcare: results from the Portuguese National Health Interview Survey
spellingShingle Gender disparities in health and healthcare: results from the Portuguese National Health Interview Survey
Perelman,Julian
Gender Identity
Health Status Disparities
Health-care Disparities
Socioeconomic Factors
title_short Gender disparities in health and healthcare: results from the Portuguese National Health Interview Survey
title_full Gender disparities in health and healthcare: results from the Portuguese National Health Interview Survey
title_fullStr Gender disparities in health and healthcare: results from the Portuguese National Health Interview Survey
title_full_unstemmed Gender disparities in health and healthcare: results from the Portuguese National Health Interview Survey
title_sort Gender disparities in health and healthcare: results from the Portuguese National Health Interview Survey
author Perelman,Julian
author_facet Perelman,Julian
Fernandes,Ana
Mateus,Céu
author_role author
author2 Fernandes,Ana
Mateus,Céu
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Perelman,Julian
Fernandes,Ana
Mateus,Céu
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Gender Identity
Health Status Disparities
Health-care Disparities
Socioeconomic Factors
topic Gender Identity
Health Status Disparities
Health-care Disparities
Socioeconomic Factors
description Although women experience poorer health conditions during their lives, they live longer than men. The main explanations for this paradox suggest that women's excess of ill-health is limited to minor illnesses and their different attitudes toward health. The authors test these assumptions by investigating disparities between men and women in health and healthcare in Portugal. Data are used from the Portuguese National Health Interview Survey 2005/2006 (N = 33,662). Multivariate regressions showed that women were more likely to report worse self-rated health, more days with disability, higher prevalence of hypertension, chronic pain, cancer, anxiety and depression, and more medical consultations. Heart disease was significantly more prevalent among men, possibly explaining part of the paradox. Women's more frequent use of medical consultations may reflect their heightened awareness of health problems, which may protect them against early death. Gender differences in socioeconomic status explain part of the differences in health, but fail to provide a complete understanding.
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