Does the socioeconomic status predict health service utilization in persons with enhanced health care needs? Results from a population-based survey in persons with spinal cord lesions from Switzerland.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence suggests that the socioeconomic status (SES) affects individuals' health service utilization. Spinal cord injury is a condition that often leads to physical impairments and enhanced health care needs. It therefore presents an informative and yet under-researched case in point to investigate social inequalities in health service utilization. This study aims to describe associations between SES and health service utilization in adults with spinal cord injury from Switzerland.

Methods

We use cross-sectional data from 1,294 participants of the Swiss Spinal Cord Injury Cohort Study community survey 2017. SES was operationalized with education, household income, perceived financial hardship, subjective status, and granting of supplementary financial benefits. H

SUBMITTER: Fekete C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9275068 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature