AGING BEYOND NUMBERS: THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN POPULATION AGING AND COST-RELATED HEALTHCARE ACCESS IN OECD COUNTRIES
Background: This study examines the association between population aging and cost-related healthcare access across OECD countries. Methods: An unbalanced panel dataset comprising 102 country-year observations from 15 OECD countries over the period 2000–2023 was analyzed. Fixed-effects and random-effects models with sta...