Satisfaction with access to health care among injection drug users, other drug users, and nonusers
| Autor: | Dale D. Chitwood, Mary Comerford, H. Virginia McCoy |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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Adult
Male Drug medicine.medical_specialty Health (social science) Substance-Related Disorders Health Status media_common.quotation_subject Ethnic group Health informatics Health Services Accessibility Ambulatory care Surveys and Questionnaires Health care medicine Humans Substance Abuse Intravenous media_common business.industry Health Policy Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health medicine.disease Health psychology Health promotion Patient Satisfaction Case-Control Studies Family medicine Florida Regression Analysis Female Health Services Research Medical emergency business |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research. 29:189-197 |
| ISSN: | 1556-3308 1094-3412 |
| Popis: | This article examines the satisfaction of users of cocaine and/or opiates and non-drug users with access to the health care system. Data were obtained from a sample of 1,477 injection drug users, non-injection drug users, and non-drug users recruited from neighborhoods with high drug use. Multiple regression examined the relationship between satisfaction with access to health care and demographic, health status and health care utilization, ability to pay, and alcohol and drug use variables. Age, ethnicity, health status, having received health care in the last 12 months, not having received health care when needed, having received preventive health care, health insurance, and drug use were independently associated with satisfaction. Injection drug users and non-injection drug users were less satisfied with access to health care. The article discusses strategies to improve health care delivery to drug users. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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