HEALSEE
HOMETEAMSUMMARY
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EARLIER WORKATTITUDESCOST
BARRIERSACCESS TO
HEALTHCAREORGANIZED
INTERESTS
ATTITUDES

ATTITUDES TOWARDS WELFARE STATE INSTITUTIONS
The DFG project (2006-2009) at the MZES contained several aspects of particular relevance for the planned project on “Healthcare-Seeking by Older People in Germany”. First, in the DFG project we collected a set of institutional indicators covering 15 European countries (in the fields of healthcare, minimum income, and family policy) that helped to capture the major characteristics of these systems. Second, we analyzed how different social groups perceive their respective healthcare system and whether institutional settings that include various social groups (e.g., groups of different age, health status, economic and social status) also receive different levels of support from these groups (Wendt, 2009, Wendt et al. 2010, Wendt, Mischke and Pfeifer 2011, Pfeifer 2009, Mischke 2011).
Mischke, M. (2011): Types of Public Family Support: A Cluster Analysis of 15 European Countries, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice, 13:4, 443–456.
Pfeifer, M. (2009): Public Opinion on State Responsibility for Minimum Income Protection: A Comparison of 14 European Countries, Acta Sociologica 52 (2): 117–134.
Wendt, C. (2009): Mapping European Healthcare Systems. A comparative analysis of financing, service provision, and access to healthcare, Journal of European Social Policy, 19, 5, 432–445.
Wendt, C., J. Kohl, M. Mischke, M. Pfeifer (2010): How Do Europeans Perceive Their Healthcare System? Patterns of Satisfaction and Preference for State Involvement in the Field of Healthcare. European Sociological Review, 26, 2, 177–192.
Wendt, C., M. Mischke, M. Pfeifer (2011): Welfare States and Public Opinion: Perceptions of Healthcare Systems, Family Policy and Benefits for the Unemployed and Poor in Europe, U.K. and Northampton, MA, U.S.A.: Edward Elgar Publishing.
 
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