Socioeconomic Status and Utilization of Health Care Services in Canada and the United States

2009162 citationsJournal Article

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Debra L. Blackwell · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Michael E. Martinez · National Center for Health Statistics

Jane F. Gentleman · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Jean‐Marie Berthelot · Canadian Institute for Health Information

Abstract

Given our particular outcome measures, adults in Canada and the United States exhibited similar patterns of hospital utilization, and socioeconomic status played no explanatory role. However, relative to Canadian adults, we found disparities in doctor contacts among US adults-between those with more income and those with less, between those with health insurance and those without-after adjusting for health care needs and predisposing characteristics.

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Healthcare Policy and Management Primary Care and Health Outcomes Health disparities and outcomes

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Published in: Medical Care

Volume 47, Issue 11, pp. 1136-1146

DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0b013e3181adcbe9

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Socioeconomic Status and Utilization of Health Care Services in Canada and the United States

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