Patterns of general practitioner usage among Pacific people: Indicative results from the Waikato Medical Care Survey 1991-2

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 1051, 1997, Pages 335-336

  Davis, Peter ^a   Lay Yee, Roy ^a   Maingay, Samantha ^a   Gribben, Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OFFICE VISITS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0031565686     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (16)

1. Bathgate M, Alexander D, Mitikulena A, et al. The health of Pacific Islands people in New Zealand. Wellington: Public Health Commission; 1994.
2. Wessen AF, ed. Migration and health in a small society: The case of Tokelau. Oxford: Clarendon Press; 1992.
3. Hanna JM, Fitzgerald MH. Acculturation and symptoms: A comparative study of reported health symptoms in three Samoan communities. Soc Sci Med 1993; 36: 1169-80.
4. Kinloch P. Talking health but doing sickness. Studies in Samoan health. Wellington: Victoria University Press; 1985.
5. Statistics New Zealand, Ministry of Health. A picture of health. Wellington: Statistics New Zealand and Ministry of Health; 1993.
6. Triggs S, Johnston G, O'Connor P, Wong R. Patients in profile. The use of health care services in New Zealand. Wellington: Ministry of Health; 1995.
7. McAvoy B, Davis P, Raymont A, Gribben B. The Waikato medical care (WaiMedCa) survey 1991-1992. NZ Med J 1994; 107 Suppl 2: 387-433.
8. Gribben B, Bonita, R, Broad J, et al. Geographical variations in the organisation of general practice. NZ Med J 1995; 108: 361-3.
9. Malcolm L. Trends in primary medical care related expenditure in New Zealand 1983-1993. NZ Med J 1993; 106: 470-4.
10. Ministry of Health. Healthy New Zealanders. Briefing papers for the Minister of Health 1996. Volume 2. The health and disability sector. Wellington: Ministry of Health; 1996.
11. Gribben B. Do access factors affect utilisation of general practitioner services in South Auckland? NZ Med J 1992; 105: 453-5.
12. Garrett JE, Mulder J, Wong-Toi H. Reasons for racial differences in A&E attendance rates for asthma. NZ Med J 1989; 102: 121-4.
13. Forbes KR, Wegner EL. Compliance by Samoans in Hawaii with service norms in pediatric primary care. Public Health Rep 1987; 102: 508-11.
14. Van der Stuyft P, De Muynck A, Schilemans L, Timmerman C. Migration, acculturation and utilization of primary health care. Soc Sci Med 1989; 29: 53-60.
15. Gribben B. Satisfaction with access to general practitioner services in south Auckland. NZ Med J 1993; 106: 360-2.
16. Siddharthan K. HMO enrolment by Medicare beneficiaries in heterogeneous communities. Med Care 1990; 28: 918-27.