Association between social participation and medical care utilization among rural older adults in China: a longitudinal study based on the CLHLS (2011-2018).

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is limited understanding regarding the patterns and trajectories of social participation and their associations with medical care utilization among rural older adults. We aimed to investigate the patterns and trajectories of social participation and their associations with medical care utilization among rural older adults in China using longitudinal data.

Methods

In this longitudinal study, we used data from 1600 participants aged 60 years and above in the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS). We included participants with social participation information in 2011 (T1) as the baseline and followed them up in 2014(T2) and 2018(T3). Latent profile analysis (LPA) and latent transition analysis (LTA) were employed to identify the latent classes o

SUBMITTER: Yao D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12167579 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature