Impact of financial crisis on selected health outcomes in Europe

Background: Many health outcomes are affected by past financial crises such as suicide, homicide, traffic accident mortality and so on. The purpose of this study was to analyze the impact of the current financial crisis on selected health outcomes of European population levels. Method: Hybrid approach with ecological and temporal trend design, including correlation analysis. Data on economic conditions (unemployment rate and economic growth) and health indicators (total mortality rate, suicide rate, traffic accident mortality rate) in the eight countries were obtained from the Eurostat 2000-10 database. Spearman's rank correlation is used to analyze the impact of social protection on the association between exposure and outcome variables. RESULTS: By 2010, the financial crisis had no significant impact on the overall mortality rate of any of the eight countries. Traffic accident mortality has decreased in all eight countries, 18% in Portugal and 52% in Slovenia. In contrast, suicide mortality increased in Germany (+ 5.3%), Portugal (+ 5.2%), the Czech Republic (+ 7.6%), Slovakia (+ 22.7%) and Poland (+ 19.3%). The unemployment rate in countries with low social expenditure has a big influence on suicide (Spearman's r = -0.83). Discussion: It is impossible to establish a clear causal relationship for questions about ecological research design and data availability. However, the mortality rate of suicide accidents and transport accidents after the crisis has changed greatly, and the findings are consistent with previous studies. As part of this work, a comprehensive framework was developed to analyze the health impacts of the financial crisis in more detail.

The background of the review is the global financial crisis and its associated sovereign debt crisis. In particular, if the issue of fairness of health is not taken into consideration in response to financial crisis and debt crisis, they are likely to have a direct, negative and sustainable impact on Europe's health and its social determinants There is. For example, the direct health implications of some countries in this region are revealed (Figure ES.13). (Iii) Ensure that the health and social impact of the austerity plan that is currently being debated or introduced in many European countries is given priority as a response to the financial crisis. As a step to ensure that these processes are comprehensive, Minister of Health and Social Affairs was heard in negotiations on such austerity programs and heard from the World Health Organization, UNICEF, ILO at the international level It should be. . Organization and World Bank

Background: Many health outcomes are affected by past financial crises such as suicide, homicide, traffic accident mortality and so on. The purpose of this study was to analyze the impact of the current financial crisis on selected health outcomes of European population levels. Method: Hybrid approach with ecological and temporal trend design, including correlation analysis. Data on economic conditions (unemployment rate and economic growth) and health indicators (total mortality rate, suicide rate, traffic accident mortality rate) in the eight countries were obtained from the Eurostat 2000-10 database. Spearman's rank correlation is used to analyze the impact of social protection on the association between exposure and outcome variables. RESULTS: By 2010, the financial crisis had no significant impact on the overall mortality rate of any of the eight countries. Traffic accident mortality has decreased in all eight countries, 18% in Portugal and 52% in Slovenia.