Factors associated with healthcare utilization among community-dwelling elderly in Shanghai, China.

Publisher: Public Library of Science Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 101285081 Publication Model: eCollection Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1932-6203 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 19326203 NLM ISO Abbreviation: PLoS One Subsets: MEDLINE

Original Publication: San Francisco, CA : Public Library of Science

Aging* ; Independent Living*/statistics & numerical data ; Patient Acceptance of Health Care*/statistics & numerical data; Activities of Daily Living ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; China ; Chronic Disease ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Female ; Health Status ; Healthy Aging ; Hospitalization/statistics & numerical data ; Humans ; Logistic Models ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Self Report/statistics & numerical data ; Social Support ; Socioeconomic Factors ; Surveys and Questionnaires

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the factors associated with the health status of older Chinese people living in the community, in order to inform strategies to expand access to healthcare.
Methods: Two-phase stratified cluster sampling was applied; 2000 older people participated in this study. Face-to-face interviews were conducted in Shanghai between June and August, 2011. Descriptive analysis was used to examine the respondents' characteristics. Based on Andersen's healthcare utilization model, a chi-squared test and multiple logistic regression were performed to examine the influences of predisposing, enabling, need, and contextual factors on healthcare utilization.
Results: We found that 44.5% of the older people in the sample had good self-reported health status, while 12.8% were poor, 14.5% had visited hospitals or clinics as outpatients in the previous two weeks, and 16.5% had been hospitalized in the previous year. Logistic regression analysis revealed that outpatient health services were more likely to be used by women and those whose income was from friends or social relief, who had poor to good self-reported health status, who were experiencing declining health, who engaged in volunteer activities, and who had chronic diseases. Meanwhile, hospitalization was more likely among those in the older age groups, those with pension income, living in outer suburbs, with poor self-reported health status, experiencing difficulty with activities of daily living and outdoor activities, or having a chronic disease.
Conclusions: The results showed the impact of economic status, health status, demographic and social characteristics, and other factors on the health service utilization of elderly people living in the community in Shanghai. Need variables were the strongest predictors of health service use, although contextual factors also contributed.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Date Created: 20181204 Date Completed: 20190506 Latest Revision: 20240405

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