Arbeitspapier

Complexities of health and acceptance of electronic health records for the Austrian elderly population

We examine the personal health situation and how the complexities thereof affect the elderly Austrians' willingness to accept electronic health records (EHR). Using data from the sixth wave of the SHARE survey in Austria, we find the complexity of individual health problems and the social integration of individuals influencing the acceptance of EHR. The more the diagnoses of a patient, the more the medication she has to take, and the more often the treatment of a person in hospital, the higher is the acceptance of EHR. Having a chronic illness has a positive effect on EHR acceptance, whereas a pessimistic attitude and lack of joy in life, as indicators of depressive mood, have a negative impact. The results are mainly driven by females and younger patients aged between 50 and 70. People with poor social connection express lower acceptance of EHR.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Working Paper ; No. 2103

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Analysis of Health Care Markets
Health Behavior
Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
Thema
Electronic health records
health status
social connectedness
SHAREsurvey

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Halmdienst, Nicole
Pruckner, Gerald J.
Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Christian Doppler Laboratory Aging, Health and the Labor Market
(wo)
Linz
(wann)
2021

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Halmdienst, Nicole
  • Pruckner, Gerald J.
  • Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf
  • Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Christian Doppler Laboratory Aging, Health and the Labor Market

Entstanden

  • 2021

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