Vojvodic, Katarina (57194084304)Katarina (57194084304)VojvodicTerzic-Supic, Zorica (15840732000)Zorica (15840732000)Terzic-SupicTodorovic, Jovana (7003376825)Jovana (7003376825)TodorovicGagliardi, Cristina (22979068000)Cristina (22979068000)GagliardiSantric-Milicevic, Milena (57211144346)Milena (57211144346)Santric-MilicevicPopovic, Marina (57428070900)Marina (57428070900)Popovic2025-07-022025-07-022022https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063325https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85126316455&doi=10.3390%2fijerph19063325&partnerID=40&md5=39bb006dc50ead4f0425d61dba4c02e7https://remedy.med.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/12158The aim was to explore the factors associated with the financial burden (FB) of medical care, dental care, and medicines among older-aged people in Slovenia, Serbia, and Croatia using EU-SILC 2017. The highest frequency of FB of medical care and medicines was in Croatia (50% and 69.1%, respectively) and of dental care in Slovenia (48.5%). The multivariate logistic regression analysis with FB as an outcome variable showed that the FB of medical care was associated with being married (OR: 1.54), reporting not severe (OR: 1.51) and severe limitations in daily activities (OR: 2.05), having higher education (OR: 2.03), and heavy burden of housing costs (OR: 0.51) in Slovenia, with very bad self-perceived health (OR: 5.23), having the slight (OR: 0.69) or heavy (OR: 0.47) burden of housing costs, making ends meet fairly easily or with some difficulty (OR: 3.58) or with difficulty or great difficulty (OR: 6.80) in Serbia, and with being married (OR: 1.43), having heavy burden of housing costs (OR: 0.62), and making ends meet fairly easily or with some difficulty (OR: 2.08) or with difficulty or great difficulty (OR: 2.52) in Croatia. The older-aged have the FB of healthcare, especially the poorest or those with health problems. © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.Dental careFinancial burdenHealthcareLikelihoodMedical careMedicinesOlder-aged