Factors related to out-of-hours help-seeking for acute health problems: a survey study using case scenarios.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The acute out-of-hours healthcare services are challenged by increasing demand in many countries. We aimed to examine factors influencing the intended help-seeking in out-of-hours care for acute health problems during evenings, nights, and weekends.

Methods

We conducted a survey study based on data from parents of children (aged 0-4 years) and adults (aged 30-39 and 50-59 years) in Denmark, the Netherlands and Switzerland. Intended help-seeking behaviour was measured by six hypothetical case scenarios. We used Andersen's Behavioural Model to categorise potentially influential factors and applied multiple binomial regression to assess the influence of selected factors.

Results

A total of 1015 parents and 2942 adults participated. We identified several signif

SUBMITTER: Keizer E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6323727 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature