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| Income inequities in health care utilization among adults aged 50 and older | | Author(s) | Margaret J Penning, Chi Zheng |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 35, no 1, March 2016 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, March 2016 |
| Pages | pp 55-69 |
| Source | journals.cambridge.org/cjg |
| Keywords | Ageing process ; 50-59 age group ; Economic status [elderly] ; Poor elderly ; Health services ; General hospitals ; General practitioners ; Usage [services] ; Social inclusion ; Canada. |
| Annotation | Equitable access to and utilisation of health services is a primary goal for many health care systems, particularly in countries with universal publicly funded systems. Despite concerns regarding potentially adverse implications of the 1990s health care policy and other reforms, whether and how income inequalities in service utilisation changed remains unclear. This study addressed the impact of income on physician and hospital utilisation from 1992-2002 among adults aged 50 and older in British Columbia. Those with lower incomes were found less likely to access general practitioner and specialist services but more likely to access hospital services. Income-related disparities in physician care increased over time; hospital care declined. Volume of GP and hospital care was inversely associated with income, however these differences increased regarding GP services only. Findings of declines in hospital-care access, accompanied by increasing income-related disparities in physician-services access, show that inequities are increasing within Canada's health care system. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-160520213 A |
| Classmark | BG: BBB: F:W: F:W6: L: LD3: QT6: QLD: RNA: 7S |
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