Changes in the Use of Health Insurance Services before and after a Father-Child Measure

Das Gesundheitswesen
Felix Barre, Jelena Epping

Abstract

Since 2002 inpatient preventive and rehabilitative measures for fathers and their children (F-C-M) are available in the German health system (§§ 24 and 41 SGB V). So far there is no data on health disorders of the fathers in F-C-M. The aim of this study is to examine whether participants of F-C-M are more prone to health problems than fathers who are not participating in F-C-M and whether participation in F-C-M contributes to improved health. To do so, the change in the use of outpatient care services is examined and compared to the use of mentioned services by fathers who are not participating in an F-C-M. The research project is based on the routine data of AOK-Niedersachsen (AOKN). Outpatient diagnoses and medications that were billed one year before and one year after the measure are used as outcome variables for outpatient use. The test sample (N=179) includes all fathers who participated in a F-C-M in 2005-2009 and were insured throughout. For these fathers, a comparative group of fathers who had not participated in a F-C-M (N=717) was formed in parallel. The investigation has shown that the participants of the F-C-M received more diagnoses and medications before and after the measure than fathers without F-C-M. Fathers u...Continue Reading

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