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Isabelle Peytremann-Bridevaux¹, Julien Junod², and Brigitte Santos-Eggimann². (1) Health Services Research Unit, University of Lausanne, Institute for Social and Preventive Medicine and Institute of Health Economics and Management, 17 Bugnon, Lausanne, CH-1005, Switzerland, 0041213147284, Isabelle.Peytremann-Bridevaux@hospvd.ch, (2) Health Services Research Unit, University of Lausanne, Institute for Social and Preventive Medicine, 17 Bugnon, Lausanne, CH-1005, Switzerland

Background: Despite more frequent contacts with the healthcare system in relation with higher morbidity, overweight and obese individuals have often been shown to receive less preventive measures and to experience lower quality of care.

Objective: To evaluate the association between body weight and quality of primary care in Europe. Design: Population-based study. Setting: Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Participants: 13 859 non-institutionalized Europeans aged 50 to 79 years with a BMI > 18.5 (kg/m2), included in the Study of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) baseline and who responded to the supplementary self-administered questionnaire.

Methods: All measures were self-reported. BMI was categorized as normal weight (BMI 18.5-24.9), overweight (BMI 25.0-29.9) and obesity (BMI > 30). Dependent dichotomous variables were the following quality of care indicators: influenza immunization (age>64y), colorectal and breast (women o

Learning Objectives:

• Acquire knowledge of the association between overweight/obesity and quality of primary care, as found in the Study of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE).
• Recognize that overweight and obese individuals may not systematically be confronted to lower quality of primary care.

Keywords: Quality of Care, Primary Care

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No

Recorded presentation