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Older women in Australia
— ageing in urban, rural and remote environments | | Author(s) | Julie Byles, Jennifer Powers, Catherine Chojenta |
| Journal title | Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol 25 no 3, September 2006 |
| Publisher | Blackwell Publishing, September 2006 |
| Pages | pp 151-157 |
| Source | http://www.cota.org.au / http://www.blackwellpublishingasia.com |
| Keywords | Older women ; Health services ; Usage [services] ; Rural areas ; Urban areas ; Comparison ; Longitudinal surveys ; Australia. |
| Annotation | 8387 women aged 70-75 enrolled in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (ALSWH) completed postal surveys in 1996, 1999 and 2002. The objective of the present study was to explore differences in quality of life and health service use in urban, rural and remote areas of Australia. The women reported few differences in health and had similar changes in health-related quality of life (SF-36) over time. Most SF-36 sub-scale scores declined over time, with steeper drops between the ages of 73-78 and 76-81 years. The use of health services, need for informal care and provision of care to others increased over time. Urban participants used more general practitioners (GPs), specialist and allied health services, whereas non-urban women used more community services and alternative health practitioners. Despite similar health problems, health service use differs significantly across urban, rural and remote areas of Australia. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070109215 A |
| Classmark | BD: L: QLD: RL: RK: 48: 3J: 7YA |
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