Ferrari, L;
Salustri, F;
(2020)
The relationship between corruption and chronic diseases: evidence from Europeans aged 50 years and older.
International Journal of Public Health
, 65
(3)
pp. 345-355.
10.1007/s00038-020-01347-w.
Preview |
Text
Salustri_The relationship between corruption and chronic diseases. Evidence from Europeans aged 50 years and older_VoR.pdf - Published Version Download (381kB) | Preview |
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 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.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The relationship between corruption and chronic diseases: evidence from Europeans aged 50 years and older |
| Location: | Switzerland |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00038-020-01347-w |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-020-01347-w |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © The Author(s) 2020. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | Chronic diseases, Corruption, Europe, Public health |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute for Global Health |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10102659 |
Archive Staff Only
 |
View Item |
