The ecology of health services utilization in Grenada, West Indies
Soc Sci Med
; 30(1): 13-24, 1990.
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ABSTRACT
Few empirical investigations into the nature of health services utilization fully acknowledge that the home environment may act as a socio-geographical focus of both disease transmission and of learned health behaviour. This paper examines the role of the home environment, as well as of personal characteristics and accessibility, in the utilization of health services in Grenada, West Indies. Bivarite and logit analysis of household survey data are employed to identify markers of high user individuals and households. Aspects of each domain of the home environment (physical and behavioral environment, demographies, and residential mobility) emerge as contributors to the utilization phenomenon in the study communities. Both etiological and socio-economic linkages are postulated to underlie the observed relationships. The implications of this work for health planning in developing countries is discussed. (AU)
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MedCarib
Assunto principal:
Serviços de Saúde
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Acessibilidade aos Serviços de Saúde
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
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Equity_inequality
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Implementation_research
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe
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Caribe ingles
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Grenada
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Soc Sci Med
Ano de publicação:
1990
Tipo de documento:
Article