Early retirees without rehabilitation - Prospective and retrospective analysis of employment histories prior to health-related early retirement as well as motives and reasons for non-utilization of medical measures for rehabilitation
Background:
According to various calculations, in the years immediately preceding early retirement, between one-third and one-half of socially insured persons have not taken advantage of any medical rehabilitation measure (cf. e.g. Schuntermann 1991). Our own analyses within the framework of the VDR-sponsored project "Determination of indicators of the need for rehabilitation from routine data of the statutory health insurance (SHI data)" (Behrens/Dreyer-Tümmel 1994) showed that of 758
AOK-insured persons who took early retirement (for health reasons) in the retirement years 1977/78, at least 54.4 %, but probably considerably more, did not participate in a rehabilitation measure or in a health insurance cure in the last two years before retirement.
Aims and research questions:
The aim of the project is to identify factors and bundles of factors that may have a negative impact on the utilization behavior of men and women in need of rehabilitation.
Work plan:
To this end, (1.) in a prospective study with a postponed start on the basis of routine data of the
LVA Saxony-Anhalt and - comparatively - of the BfA and the nationwide "Reha-Verlaufsstatistik", employment histories in the last years before retirement will be described on the basis of different characteristics and group comparisons between early retirees without medical rehabilitation and early and old retirees with rehabilitation will be carried out. (2.) Early retirees without rehab of the
LVA Saxony-Anhalt and - comparatively - early and old-age retirees with rehab will be asked about the reasons why they did not participate in rehab or why they did. Finally, the identified reasons and motives will be related to characteristics of the insured and their employment histories.
Implementation and utilization:
Based on the expected results, recommendations for improving access to medical rehabilitation can be developed.
Saxony-Anhalt Research Association
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