The landscape of medical care consumption in Israel: a nationwide population cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Ecology of medical care was first published in 1961. The graphical square model showed that 75% of the population in the US and England experience a feeling of illness during a given month, 25% seek medical help and only one percent are hospitalized. In 2001, Green and colleagues found the same findings despite the many changes that occurred over the past decades. The frequency of illness, the desire for assistance and the frequency of seeking and getting medical assistance may differ in different populations due to cultural, economic, social, demographic background and local Health policy. This work describes the ecology of medical care consumption in Israel for the first time and examines the socio-demographic effects on consumption.

Methods

This is a Nation

SUBMITTER: Yosef Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9650793 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature