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Gender and Utilization of Health Care

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Sex/gender plays an important role when it comes to health and illness or health care utilization. It is well known that women and men differ in regard to their well-being, their morbidity and also in their longevity. In most countries of the world, the life expectancy of women exceeds the life expectancy of men. These differences depend on a country’s context and are smallest in low-income countries with 1–2 years, and highest in so-called transitioning countries with 8–10 years. In Europe, the gender differences in life expectancies range from 4–7 years; in Germany, women currently reach an average of 82.5 years and men 77.5 years (gender difference = 5 years) (reference period 2008/2010; Statistisches Bundesamt 2012).

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  1. Department of New Public Health, School of Human Sciences, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany

    Birgit Babitsch

  2. Health Sciences, FH Bielefeld—University of Applied Sciences, Bielefeld, Germany

    Cornelia Bormann

  3. Berlin School of Public Health, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Daniela Gohl & Carmen Cristina Ciupitu-Plath

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  1. Department of Applied Social Sciences, Munich University of Applied Sciences, Munich, Germany

    Christian Janssen

  2. Institute of Social Medicine & Health Economics, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, City, Germany

    Enno Swart

  3. Ctr of Public Health & Health Care, Medical Psych. Unit, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

    Thomas von Lengerke

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Babitsch, B., Bormann, C., Gohl, D., Ciupitu-Plath, C. (2014). Gender and Utilization of Health Care. In: Janssen, C., Swart, E., von Lengerke, T. (eds) Health Care Utilization in Germany. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9191-0_7

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