Determinants of perceived health and unmet healthcare needs in universal healthcare systems with high gender equality.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient attitudes about health and healthcare have emerged as important outcomes to assess in clinical studies. Gender is increasingly recognized as an intersectional social construct that may influence health. Our objective was to determine potential sex differences in self-reported overall health and access to healthcare and whether those differences are influenced by individual social factors in two relatively similar countries.

Methods

Two public health surveys from countries with high gender equality (measured by UN GII) and universal healthcare systems, Canada (CCHS2014, n = 57,041) and Austria (AT-HIS2014, n = 15,212), were analysed. Perceived health was assessed on a scale of 1 (very bad) to 4 (very good) and perceived unmet healthcare needs was reported a

SUBMITTER: Tadiri CP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8325202 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature