Psychological Profile and Consumption of Healthcare Resources in Actively Employed People, Pre-Retirees, and Retirees

Research on personality variables and consumption of health services in actively employed people or retirees has been extensive, but the group pre-retirees hardly studied. This work attempts to determine mental use resources three groups, hypothesizing that, as does not receive social stigma exclusion, it will present better health. A sample 1332 Spanish participants aged between 51 69 years was randomly chosen, various tests were applied, healthcare determined. Pairwise analysis situations using binary logistic regressions showed that health, although there no differences resources. The implications this study for creation promotion policies targeting older people, depending specifically their employment status, are discussed.