A STUDY TO EXPLORE THE IMPACT OF DEMOGRAPHIC AND ECONOMIC INEQUALITY ON HEALTHCARE UTILISATION AND HEALTH MEASURES AMONG AGEING POPULATIONS

Abstract

These days, a lot of people are moving to cities very quickly, and demographic problems like population ageing and shrinking have big effects on sustainability. This view makes sense of how the Sustainable Development Goals ( SDGs ) will interact with urban populations that are getting older and smaller by (a) recognising the possibilities and obstacles that these changes will bring to achieving the SDGs and (b) discussing some new ways to make the most of the prospects and lessen the challenges to reach sustainability. For long-term survival, we believe that a lot of different technology, social, political, and government projects would need to be put in place to make the most of the benefits and lower the risks that come with cities' old and shrinking populations. Accessing tools and knowledge through the Internet is becoming a bigger part of modern life. Using cross-country panel data and the WHO Health Equity Analysis Toolkit (HEAT), this study looks at how Internet availability affects health gaps between people from different social groups. The results show that having access to the Internet makes people healthier on average and lowers health gaps. Using cross-country data from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) database, this study also looks into the social and economic factors that affect access to health care. Specifically, it has been shown that having access to the Internet makes healthcare much easier to get and lessens the negative effects of differences in wealth on it.