Beyond endogeneity in analyses of public opinion: evaluations of healthcare by the foreign born across 24 European countries
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- dc.contributor.author Schneider, Simone M.
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- dc.date.issued 2020
- dc.description.abstract To address the problem of endogeneity in public opinion research, this study examines the opinions of healthcare held by the foreign born, i.e. those not socialized in the system they are asked to evaluate. It (a) explores the degree to which the healthcare ratings of the foreign born depend on the country’s institutional healthcare setting; (b) stresses the importance of referential standards and the significance of knowledge and previous experiences of healthcare services in the country of origin; and (c) investigates differences in healthcare ratings with the length of time foreign born spent in the destination country. This study uses data from the seven rounds of the European Social Survey (2002–2014) and applies multilevel modelling techniques. Results show the institutional characteristics of healthcare services in the country of residence are associated with healthcare evaluations of the foreign born, in particular if these services are compared to those in the country of origin: the better healthcare institutions perform relative to those in the country of origin, the higher the healthcare ratings. Although comparisons with the country of origin seem relevant to all foreign born, they are sometimes more important to recent arrivals. This study suggests knowledge and experience of different healthcare institutions change perspectives and evaluations of healthcare. This finding enriches the discussion of the effects of socialisation and adaptation processes in the formation of public opinion.
- dc.description.sponsorship In its early stage, the author received financial support from the NORFACE Welfare State Futures funded research project ‘‘The Paradox of Health State Futures’’ (HEALTHDOX) (EC ERA-Net Plus funding, grant agreement number 618106, File Number 462-14-070). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. The author certifies that she has NO affiliations with or involvement in any organization or entity with any financial or non-financial interest in the subject matter or materials discussed in this manuscript.
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- dc.identifier.citation Schneider SM. Beyond endogeneity in analyses of public opinion: evaluations of healthcare by the foreign born across 24 European countries. PLoS One. 2020;15(6):e0233835. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0233835
- dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0233835
- dc.identifier.issn 1932-6203
- dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/56757
- dc.language.iso eng
- dc.publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
- dc.relation.ispartof PLoS One. 2020;15(6):e0233835.
- dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/618106
- dc.rights © 2020 Simone M. Schneider. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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- dc.subject.keyword Medical services
- dc.subject.keyword Europe
- dc.subject.keyword Health economics
- dc.subject.keyword Finance
- dc.subject.keyword Health care policy
- dc.subject.keyword Health insurance
- dc.subject.keyword Health care providers
- dc.subject.keyword Psychological attitudes
- dc.title Beyond endogeneity in analyses of public opinion: evaluations of healthcare by the foreign born across 24 European countries
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