The quality of care and influence of double health care coverage in Catalonia (Spain)

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 211-214

  Rajmil, Luis ^a   Borrell, Carme ^b   Starfield, Barbara ^c   Fernandez, Esteve ^a   Serra, Vicky ^a   Schiaffino, Anna ^a   Segura, Andreu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Institut Municipal de Salut Publica de Barcelona   (Spain)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care utilisation; Health interview survey; Quality of care; Social inequalities

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CLASS; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEDUCTIBLES AND COINSURANCE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 0033860998     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.83.3.211     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. 1 Newacheck P. Characteristics of children with high and low usage of physician services. Med Care 1992;30:30-42.
2. 2 Riley AW, Finney JW, Mellits ED, et al. Determinants of children's health care use: an investigation of psychosocial factors. Med Care 1993;31:767-83.
3. 3 Newacheck P, Jameson W, Halfon N. Health status and income: the impact of poverty on child health. J School Health 1994;64:229-33.
4. 4 Krieger N, Fee E. Social class: the missing link in US health data. Int J Health Serv 1994;24:25-44.
5. 5 Rice DP. Ethics and equity in US health care: the data. Int J Health Serv 1991;21:637-51.
6. 6 Carr-Hill RA, Rice N, Roland M. Socioeconomics determinants of rates of consultation in general practice based on Fourth National Morbidity Survey of general practice. BMJ 1996;312:1008-13.
7. 7 Roberts H. Socioeconomic determinants of health. Children, inequalities, and health. BMJ 1997;314:1122-5.
8. 8 Townsend P, Davidson N, Whitehead M. Inequalities in health: The Black Report and The Health Divide. London: Penguin Books, 1988.
9. 9 Segura A. Public health in Spain. A. In: Holland W, Mossialos E, eds. Public health policies in the European Union. Hampshire: Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 1999:149-67.
10. 10 Reverte-Cejudo D, Sánchez-Bayle M. Devolving health services to Spain's autonomous regions. BMJ 1999;318: 1204-5.
11. 11 Dirección General de Aseguramiento y Planificación. Plan de salud 1995. Madrid: Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo; 1995.
12. 12 Borrell C, Pasarín MI. The study of social inequalities in health in Spain: where are we? J Epidemiol Community Health 1999;53:388-9.
13. 13 Regidor E, Gutiérrez-Fisac JL, Rodriguez C. Diferencias y desigualdades en salud en España. Madrid: Diaz de Santos, 1994.
14. 14 Navarro V, Benach J, y la Comision cientifica de estudios de las desigualdades sociales en salud en Espana. Desigualdades sociales en salud en España. Madrid: Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo and The School of Hygiene and Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, 1996.
15. 15 Rajmil L, Starfield B, Plasència A, Segura A. The consequences of universalizing health services: children's use of health services in Catalonia. Int J Health Serv 1998; 28:777-91.
16. 16 Domingo A, Marcos J. Propuesta de un indicador de la "clase social" basado en la ocupación. Gac Sanit 1989;3: 320-6.
17. 17 Alonso J, Pérez P, Sàez M, Murillo C. Validez de la ocupación como indicador de la clase social, según la clasificación del British Registrar General. Gac Sanit 1997;11: 205-13.
18. 18 Hart TJ. The inverse care law. Lancet 1971;1:405-12.
19. 19 Kleinbaum DG, Kupper LL, Morgenstern H. Epidemiologic research. Principles and quantitative methods. Belmont, CA: Lifetime Learning Publications, 1982.
20. 20 Murillo Fort C, Guillén Estany M. Estimació de les variàncies de les variables de l'Enquesta de Salut de Barcelona. Gac Sanit 1989;12:409-20.
21. 21 Campbell SM, Roland M. Why do people consult the doctor? Fam Pract 1996;13:75-83.
22. 22 Woodward CA, Boyle MH, Offord DR, et al. Ontario child health study: pattern of ambulatory care and their correlates. Pediatrics 1988;82(pt 2):425-34.
23. 23 Shi L, Starfield B, Kennedy B, Kawachi I. Income inequality, primary care and health indicators. J Fam Pract 1999;48:275-84.
24. 24 González J, Regidor E. Desigualdad en el uso de los servicios sanitarios. Salud y equidad. VIII Jornadas de Economía de la Salud. Madrid: Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo, 1988.
25. 25 Fernandez de la Hoz K, Leon DA. Self-perceived health status and inequalities in use of health services in Spain. Int J Epidemiol 1996;25:593-603.
26. 26 Regidor E, de Mateo S, Gutiérrez-Fisac JL, Fernández de la Hoz K, Rodriguez C. Diferencias socioeconómicas en la utilización y accesibilidad de los servicios sanitarios en España. Med Clin (Barc) 1996;107:285-8.
27. 27 Casanova C, Starfield B. Hospitalizations of children and access to primary care: a cross-national comparison. Int J Health Serv 1995;25:283-94.
28. 28 Borrell C, Rohlfs I, Ferrando J, Pasarin MI, Dominguez-Berjón MF, Plasència A. Social inequalities in perceived health and utilization of health services in a south European urban area. Int J Health Serv 1999;29:743-64.
29. 29 Larizgoitia I, Starfield B. Reform of primary health care: the case of Spain. Health Policy 1997;41:121-37.
30. 30 Mueller CD, Schur CL, Paramore LC. Access to dental care in the United States. J Am Dent Assoc 1998;129:429-37.
31. 31 Unell L, Söderfelt B, Halling A, Solén G, Paulander J, Birkhed D. Equality in satisfaction, perceived need and utilization of dental care in a 50-year old Swedish population. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 1996;24:191-5.
32. 32 Österberg T, Lundgren M, Claes-Göran E, Sundh V, Birkhed D, Steen B. Utilization of dental services in relation to socioeconomic and health factors in the middle-aged and elderly Swedish population. Acta Odontol Scand 1998;56:41-7.
33. 33 Honkala E, Kuusela S, Rimpelä A, Rimpelä M, Jokela J. Dental services utilization between 1977 and 1995 by Finnish adolescents of different socioeconomic levels. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 1997;25:385-90.
34. 34 Blaxter M. Equity and consultation rates in general practice. BMJ 1984;288:1963-7.
35. 35 Departament de Sanitat i Seguretat Social. Programa del nen sa. Barcelona: Departament de Sanitat i Seguretat Social, 1995.
36. 36 Mackenback JP, Looman CWN, van der Meer JBW. Differences in the misreporting of chronic conditions, by level of education: the effect of inequalities in prevalence rates. Am J Public Health 1996;86:706-11.
37. 37 Rajmil L, Fernández E, Gispert R, et al. Influence of proxy respondents in children's health interview surveys. J Epidemiol Community Health 1999;53:38-42.