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Differentials by Socioeconomic Status and Institutional Characteristics in Preventive Service Utilization by Older Persons in Costa Rica
(Journal of Aging and Health August 2009 vol. 21 no. 5 730-758, 2009-08)
Objective: The goals of this article are to assess the level of preventive service
utilization by older persons in Costa Rica and to determine whether
there are differentials in utilization across socioeconomic status ...
Differentials by Socioeconomic Status and Institutional Characteristics in Preventive Service Utilization by Older Persons in Costa Rica
(Journal of Aging and Health August 2009 vol. 21 no. 5 730-758, 2009-08)
Objective: The goals of this article are to assess the level of preventive service
utilization by older persons in Costa Rica and to determine whether
there are differentials in utilization across socioeconomic status ...
Private health insurance and utilization of health services in Chile
(ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2006)
This paper analyses the choice of private health insurance in Chile and how this relates to the utilization of health services. The results show the importance of some demographics on the insurance decision, particularly ...
Determinants of Eye Care Service Utilization among Peruvian Adults: Evidence from a Nationwide Household Survey
(Taylor and Francis, 2021)
PURPOSE: This study analyzes the factors associated with eye care service utilization among Peruvians 50 years of age and older, measured as self-reporting of having undergone examination of visual acuity during the last ...
Dental health services utilization in children 6-12 year old in a low-income country
(2008)
Objective: To determine the factors associated with the dental health services utilization among children ages 6 to 12 in León, Nicaragua. Material and Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in 1,400 schoolchildren. ...
Improving dental service utilization rate using a proactive telephone-based scheduling strategy in primary healthcare
(Association of Support to Oral Health Research (APESB), 2020)
Comorbidity of common mental disorders with cancer and their treatment gap: Findings from the World Mental Health Surveys
(Wiley, 2014)
This study aimed to study the comorbidity of common mental disorders (CMDs) and cancer, and the mental health treatment gap among community residents with active cancer, cancer survivors and cancer-free respondents in 13 ...
The evolution of socioeconomic health inequalities in Ecuador during a public health system reform (2006–2014)
One of the challenges in international health care policy is the reduction of health inequalities. We
study the case of a recent health care reform in Ecuador, based on a revised model of public provision and financing
of ...
Progressive segmented health insurance: Colombian health reform and access to health services
Equal access for poor populations to health services is a comprehensive objective for any health reform. The Colombian health reform addressed this issue through a segmented progressive social health insurance approach. ...
Patterns, determinants and barriers of health and social service utilization among young urban crack users in Brazil
(2013)
Background: Crack use is prevalent across the Americas, and specifically among marginalized urban street drug users in Brazil. Crack users commonly feature multiple physical and mental health problems, while low rates of ...