Health-care utilization among empty-nesters in the rural area of a mountainous county in china

Public Health Reports

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 407-413

  Liu, Li Juan ^a   Sun, Xun ^a   Zhang, Chun Li ^a   Guo, Qiang ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ELDERLY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNEMPLOYMENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELEPHONE; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TELEPHONE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34250328840     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490712200315     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Huang RL. The family condition of empty-nest households in China. Population & Economics 2005;2:57-62.
2. Du P, Ding ZH, Li QM, Gui JF. The effect of children's work in other places on the parents. Population Research 2004;28:44-52.
3. Goins RT, Williams KA, Carter MW, Spencer M, Solovieva T. Perceived barriers to health care access among rural older adults: a qualitative study. J Rural Health 2005;21:206-213 (Pubitemid 41557474)
4. Auchincloss AH, Hadden W. The health effects of rural-urban residence and concentrated poverty. J Rural Health 2002;18:319-336 (Pubitemid 34747632)
5. Bull CN, Krout JA, Rathbone-McCuan E, Shreffler MJ. Access and issues of equity in remote/rural areas. J Rural Health 2001;17:356-359 (Pubitemid 34135735)
6. Zhang Y, Tang GF, Zhu MZ. Problems and countermeasures of empty-nest households. Soft Science of Health 2005;19:285-286
7. Ahs AM, Westerling R. Health care utilization among persons who are unemployed or outside the labour force. Health Policy 2006;78:178-193 (Pubitemid 44247212)
8. Craske MG, Edlund MJ, Sullivan G, Roy-Byrne P, Sherbourne C, Bystritsky A, et al. Perceived unmet need for mental health treatment and barriers to care among patients with panic disorder. Psychiatr Serv 2005;56:988-994
9. Callahan ST, Cooper WO. Uninsurance and health care access among young adults in the United States. Pediatrics 2005;116:88-95.
10. Wu Z, Penning MJ, Schimmele CM. Immigrant status and unmet health care needs. Can J Public Health 2005;96:369-373 (Pubitemid 41448250)
11. Quan H, Fong A, De Coster C, Wang J, Musto R, Noseworthy TW, et al. Variation in health services utilization among ethnic populations. CMAJ 2006;174:787-791
12. Sproston KA, Pitson LB, Walker E. The use of primary care services by the Chinese population living in England: examining inequalities. Ethn Health 2001;6:189-196 (Pubitemid 33000906)
13. Mayberry RM, Mili F, Ofili E. Racial and ethnic differences in access to medical care. Med Care Res Rev 2000;57 Suppl 1:108-145
14. Fiscella K, Franks P, Doescher MP, Saver BG. Disparities in health care by race, ethnicity, and language among the insured: findings from a national sample. Med Care 2002;40:52-59
15. Frisbie WP, Cho Y, Hummer RA. Immigration and the health of Asian and Pacific Islander adults in the United States. Am J Epidemiol 2001;153:372-380 (Pubitemid 32144563)
16. Li PL, Logan S, Yee L, Ng S. Barriers to meeting the mental health needs of the Chinese community. J Public Health Med 1999;21:74-80. (Pubitemid 29139802)
17. Hoffman-Goetz L, Breen NL, Meissner H. The impact of social class on the use of cancer screening within three racial/ethnic groups in the United States. Ethn Dis 1998;8:43-51. (Pubitemid 128597957)
18. Lee MC. Knowledge, barriers, and motivators related to cervical cancer screening among Korean-American women. A focus group approach. Cancer Nurs 2000;23:168-175
19. Ma GX. Barriers to the use of health services by Chinese Americans. J Allied Health 2000;29:64-70.
20. Davis SK, Liu Y, Gibbons GH. Disparities in trends of hospitalization for potentially preventable chronic conditions among African Americans during the 1990s: implications and benchmarks. Am J Public Health 2003;93:447-455 (Pubitemid 36255191)
21. Jang M, Lee E, Woo K. Income, language, and citizenship status: factors affecting the health care access and utilization of Chinese Americans. Health Soc Work 1998;23:136-145 (Pubitemid 128459405)
22. Tang TS, Solomon LJ, McCracken LM. Cultural barriers to mammography, clinical breast exam, and breast self-exam among Chinese-American women 60 and older. Prev Med 2000;31:575-583
23. Williams DR, Collins C. Racial residential segregation: a fundamental cause of racial disparities in health. Public Health Rep 2001;116:404-416 (Pubitemid 34579067)
24. LaVeist TA. Disentangling race and socioeconomic status: a key to understanding health inequalities. J Urban Health 2005;82(2 Suppl 3):iii26-34.
25. Christensen B. Payment and attendance at general practice preventive health examinations. Fam Med 1995;27:531-534
26. Carr-Hill RA, Rice N, Roland M. Socioeconomic determinants of rates of consultation in general practice based on fourth national morbidity survey of general practices. BMJ 1996;312:1008-1012 (Pubitemid 26118096)
27. Field KS, Briggs DJ. Socio-economic and locational determinants of accessibility and utilization of primary health-care. Health Soc Care Community 2001;9:294-308. (Pubitemid 33696575)
28. Iron K, Goel V. Sex differences in the factors related to hospital utilization: results from the 1990 Ontario Health Survey. J Womens Health 1998;7:359-369
29. Saarento O, Rasanen S, Nieminen P, Hakko H, Isohanni M. Sex differences in the contact rates and utilization of psychiatric services. A three-year follow-up study in northern Finland. Eur Psychiatry 2000;15:205-212
30. Baker D, Mead N, Campbell S. Inequalities in morbidity and consulting behaviour for socially vulnerable groups. Br J Gen Pract 2002;52:124-130 (Pubitemid 34130173)
31. SPSS, Inc. SPSS: Version 10.0 for Windows. Chicago: SPSS, Inc.; 1999.