Lower utilization of primary, specialty and preventive care services by individuals residing with persons in poor health | Zendy

Basile Chaix | Zendy; Maryam NavaieWaliser | Zendy; Cécile Viboud | Zendy; Isabelle Parizot | Zendy; Pierre Chauvin | Zendy

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Lower utilization of primary, specialty and preventive care services by individuals residing with persons in poor health

Author(s) -

Basile Chaix,

Maryam NavaieWaliser,

Cécile Viboud,

Isabelle Parizot,

Pierre Chauvin

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

european journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056

H-Index - 91

eISSN - 1464-360X

pISSN - 1101-1262

DOI - 10.1093/eurpub/cki094

Subject(s) - respondent , specialty , health care , medicine , logistic regression , environmental health , socioeconomic status , gerontology , family medicine , population , political science , law , economics , economic growth

Since household time and financial resources for health care are primarily spent for those household members with the most urgent health needs, individuals residing with persons in poor health may be at risk of underusing health-care services. We examined whether these individuals had a lower use of primary, specialty and preventive care than those who did not reside with persons in poor health.

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