Abstract Background Psychological distress among young people is increasing in Northern Europe. According to established healthcare utilization theory, this will create a greater need for youth primary and subsequently lead more help-seeking behavior by distressed people. The aim of study was investigate the association between use services psychological times mental health problems increased s...

BACKGROUND Home healthcare services are important in aging societies worldwide. The present nationwide study of health insurance data examined the utilization and delivery patterns, including diagnostic indications, for home healthcare services used by seniors in Taiwan. METHODS Patients ≥65 years of age who received home healthcare services during 2004 under the Taiwanese National Health Ins...

INTRODUCTION This study will determine whether racial/ethnic disparities persist in various psychiatric disorders among Asian Americans. METHODS Secondary analyses of data from the second largest public health system in the US (total N=22294) were performed. Chi-squared statistics were used to compare the race for mental health service utilization for five psychiatric diagnoses. Cardiovascula...

SELF-CARE CUTS INAPPROPRIATE UTILIZATION A community's true primary healthcare providers are the people themselves, David S. Sobel, MD, told participants at the recent Healthcare Forum Healthier Communities Summit in Anaheim, CA. He noted that 80 percent of healthcare in the United States is self-care—for example, a person taking an analgesic for a headache rather than seeing a physician. If th...

OBJECTIVE Although obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is not a life-threatening disease, very few studies have compared differences in healthcare service utilization between patients with and those without OSA in an Asian population according to different age groups. This study attempted to investigate differences in healthcare service utilization between patients with and those without OSA in diffe...

BACKGROUND Healthcare in China has significantly improved, meanwhile many  socio-economic risk factors and health conditions factors affect accessibility and utilization of health services in rural areas. Inequity of health service in China needs to  be estimated and reduced. Andersen behavioral model is useful to assess the association of health service utilization with predisposing, enabling,...

BACKGROUND Understanding immigrants' interactions with the United States (US) healthcare system will likely make it possible to meet their healthcare needs and improve their quality of life in the US. Although challenges to accessing and utilizing healthcare in the US have been identified, there is little information specific to Brazilian-born immigrants' experiences. Brazilians comprise a fast...