HEALTHCARE RENUNCIATION: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS FROM SHARE
This article deals with healthcare renunciation, from an original database – the SHARE survey – never used on this topic to our knowledge. In line with previous works based on smaller samples, we find that both economic and social constraints, as well as risk behaviours, significantly affect healthcare renunciation. The accumulation of social features and addictive behaviours also play a key role. Finally, some differences between countries appear, especially between Northern and Southern Europe and for some Eastern countries.