Factors associated with healthcare utilization among community-dwelling elderly in Shanghai, China.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective of this study was to evaluate the factors associated with the health status of older Chinese people living in the community, in order to inform strategies to expand access to healthcare.

Methods

Two-phase stratified cluster sampling was applied; 2000 older people participated in this study. Face-to-face interviews were conducted in Shanghai between June and August, 2011. Descriptive analysis was used to examine the respondents' characteristics. Based on Andersen's healthcare utilization model, a chi-squared test and multiple logistic regression were performed to examine the influences of predisposing, enabling, need, and contextual factors on healthcare utilization.

Results

We found that 44.5% of the older people in the sample had good self-rep

SUBMITTER: Jiang M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6277110 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature