Over-indebtedness and chronic disease: a linked register-based study of Finnish men and women during 1995-2010.

Objectives: More knowledge of the associations between over-indebtedness and health is needed. This study is the first longitudinal register-based study analysing long-term health consequences of severe over-indebtedness.

Methods: Adult Finnish persons, identified in 2010 as having been over-indebted for at least 15 years, were compared with matched controls (total N = 48,778).