Comparison of health care utilization: United States versus Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare health care utilization between Canadian and U.S. residents.

Data sources

Nationally representative 2007 surveys from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey for the United States and the Canadian Community Health Survey for Canada.

Study design

We use descriptive and multivariate methods to examine differences in health care utilization rates for visits to medical providers, nurses, chiropractors, specialists, dentists, and overnight hospital stays, usual source of care, Pap smear tests, and mammograms.

Principal findings

The poor and less educated were more likely to utilize health care in Canada than in the United States. The differences were especially pronounced for having a usual source of care and for visits to providers, specialists, a

SUBMITTER: Pylypchuk Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3626357 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature