An evaluation of access to health care services along the rural-urban continuum in Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studies comparing the access to health care of rural and urban populations have been contradictory and inconclusive. These studies are complicated by the influence of other factor which have been shown to be related to access and utilization. This study assesses the equity of access to health care services across the rural-urban continuum in Canada before and after taking other determinants of access into account.

Methods

This is a cross-sectional study of the population of the 10 provinces of Canada using data from the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS 2.1). Five different measures of access and utilization are compared across the continuum of rural-urban. Known determinants of utilization are taken into account according to Andersen's Health Behaviour Model

SUBMITTER: Sibley LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3045284 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature