We investigate the causal impact of retirement on healthcare utilization using SHARE data for 10 European countries. We … of healthcare utilization) increase after retirement. The increase in healthcare utilization is found to depend mainly on … the years spent in retirement, suggesting that adjustment may take time. We find evidence of heterogeneous effects by …

retirement. Apart from direct health effects, the results also reveal behavioral changes in the utilization of healthcare … countries, these debates grow in intensity with the aging of the population; however, an increase in retirement age may create … unintended side effects with regards to retiree health or healthcare costs. This study empirically analyzes the effect of (early …

retirement. Apart from direct health effects, the results also reveal behavioral changes in the utilization of healthcare … countries, these debates grow in intensity with the aging of the population; however, an increase in retirement age may create … unintended side effects with regards to retiree health or healthcare costs. This study empirically analyzes the effect of (early …

This study deals with the impact of ageing populations and changes in their health status on health care and the …, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and the UK. In the first projection method, health care utilization … projection shows the impact of demographic change and increasing life expectancy on the utilization of health care services. In …

an answer to this question is of essential importance for projecting health expenditure and for forecasting retirement … sustainability and adequacy of health care and retirement income for the population in EU member states over the coming decades is a … by comparable increases in the expectancy of life in good health (active or disability-free life expectancy). Formulating …