Variation in health services utilization among ethnic populations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although racial and ethnic disparities in health services utilization and outcomes have been extensively studied in several countries, this issue has received little attention in Canada. We therefore analyzed data from the 2001 Canadian Community Health Survey to compare the use of health services by members of visible minority groups and nonmembers (white people) in Canada.

Methods

Logistic regression was used to compare physician contacts and hospital admissions during the 12 months before the survey and recent cancer screening tests. Explanatory variables recorded from the survey included visible minority status, sociodemographic factors and health measures.

Results

Respondents included 7057 members of visible minorities and 114,255 white people for anal

SUBMITTER: Quan H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1402387 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature